How to Use the best/better/greater part of in a Sentence

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• For the better part of the next two decades, Padalecki would emerge as the face of The CW.
  — Max Gao, Variety, 27 June 2024
• The Kralj home, where the greater part of the action takes place, is stunning.
  — Alissa Simon, Variety, 17 Aug. 2024
• BeatKing has been the best part of the club for over a decade.
  — Asia Moore, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• That’s the best part of doing something that goes so far in the world.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 15 May 2024
• Nick Chubb has spent the better part of a decade as the heart and soul of the Cleveland Browns.
  — CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Smith had spent the better part of two decades on and off Death Row.
  — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
• Then Power, who’d worked the case for the best part of six months, got the tip of a lifetime.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
• But that’s not even the best part of the Spark GO for learning guitarists.
  — Spin Contributor, Spin, 18 Aug. 2023
• The ash plume forced the closure of most of Europe’s airspace for the better part of a week.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
• Neil Young‘s first tour with Crazy Horse for the better part of a decade has hit a speed bump.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 27 June 2024
• For Wohl, releasing the owls back into the wild is the best part of her job.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024
• Chen agreed that adding supply was the best part of Harris’ plan.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
• To have that direct impact on the guys, that’s always going to be the best part of the job.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
• It’s taken me the better part of eighteen months to sit and write this.
  — Justine Murphy, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2024
• For the mom-to-be, the best part of the entire day was hearing Sullivan's speech.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
• But the best part of those wins (even better than seeing Cousin Greg, a.k.a.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
• From Jack Harris: For the better part of almost two months, the Dodgers have been a .500 team.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
• Fifteen wins in a row for you guys, what has been the best part of your senior year so far?
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
• Inflation has been at the top of consumers’ minds for the better part of the past two years.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Apr. 2024
• Though neither team made it to the final dance, their triumphs over the Reign were the best part of the playoffs.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2023
• For the better part of the next two weeks, the two sides presented their cases.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2023
• Holmes drove around in an unmarked car for the better part of two hours on his gang unit shift.
  — Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
• Sitting in a cramped metal tube for the better part of a day (or more) is not good for you.
  — Chris Heasman, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
• Here's a band who for the best part of 30 years, had never really done this.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• In the southern hemisphere, Chile has been reeling from drought for the better part of a decade.
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• One thing researchers know for sure — symptoms can last the better part of a month.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2023
• Evans died in 2019, and Zaslav has spent the better part of the last four years restoring the property.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Aug. 2024
• Spring cleaning isn’t exactly the best part of the season.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
• Two teams built on defense and running the ball spent the better part of three quarters exchanging punches before the Steelers found some breathing room in the fourth.
  — Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
• Perhaps the best part of their exchanges, Woodley added, was seeing how Levitt constructed Nick right before her eyes.
  — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024