His second-best bed. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He came off second-best. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Even then, the company stock was a second-best choice. From Wordnik.com. [Hedge Your Bets] Reference
But it came in second-best compared to holding the dice. From Wordnik.com. [Vigorish] Reference
'Did I not offer her my second-best gown when you arrived?. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
Harvard had to settle for having the second-best library, Lou. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2003] Reference
I couldn't believe that Russia was in the second-best category. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
'And it takes six days to clean the second-best,' said the man. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I] Reference
The second-best thing to getting that money is to give it away. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2002] Reference
Not everything fitted the second-best inn in Maerone, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
"If we focus on the politics, we are likely to get second-best talent.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2005] Reference
Oakland, which had the second-best record in the American league bumped. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2002] Reference
"I would not recommend entering it as a second-best," said Cadfael stoutly. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession of Brother Haluin]
Getting involved in Afghanistan because of Pakistan is, at best, second-best. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2009] Reference
A second-best bonnet, left of last year, did duty to relieve and preserve the best one. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864] Reference
It partners Tiger Woods with the second-best woman golfer in the world, Annika Sorenstam. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: A Rival For Tiger] Reference
You see, in real life, the second-best has such a disconcerting habit of coming along first. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Tarnishing a star whose 1982 hit "Thriller" still is the second-best selling album of all time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2003] Reference
However, he gives the second-best populist pitch, after Howard Dean, of any of these candidates. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2004] Reference
"What happened?" he asked, rolling his second-best tunic around a pair of leather knee breeches. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
But Eric wasn't used to being second-best, so he commissioned me into teaching him the dictionary. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
Sixes (the second-best throw): move two on your adversary's bar-point and two on your own bar-point. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
But this presumption is a second-best solution and the empirical emptiness of the debates frustrating. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
And, you're the second-best golfer in all the world of golf, and then you realize there is no golf anymore. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Generation] Reference
That is AC Grayling, the second-best known militant atheist in the country, hardly your typical neutral chair. From Wordnik.com. [Pope Benedict's visit: Beleaguered Catholic church struggles against secular tide] Reference
It is hard to imagine the Yankees entering Tuesday with the second-best record in baseball (87-57) without him. From Wordnik.com. [One Man's Vote: Hernandez for Cy Young, CC for MVP] Reference
He withdrew hastily, carrying with him the uneasy conviction that he had come off second-best in the encounter. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
Orlando Magic point guard Anfernee Hardaway's shoe is Nike's second-best seller, and he may be the Air Apparent. From Wordnik.com. [Soles In Heaven] Reference
But then, you're The second-best Golfer in the world, and suddenly you understand: there is no second-best golfer in the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Generation] Reference
The major-league-leading Yankees (77) have one of the lower lineup totals, while the second-best Rays (92) are among the highest. From Wordnik.com. [The MLB Leaders in Lineup-Card Tinkering] Reference
Mr. Nicks's average of 10.7 yards on his 74 targets was fourth-best in the NFL in 2009 and second-best among all rookies since 2000. From Wordnik.com. [Who Needs Plaxico When You Can Have Nicks?] Reference
One of the Rockefellers once said that the best business in the world is oil and the second-best business is a badly run oil industry. From Wordnik.com. ['It's Not That Simplistic'] Reference
Mark Brunell was a three time Pro Bowler in the '90s and the second-best left-handed quarterback in the NFL, right behind Steve Young. From Wordnik.com. ['90s Stars With Money Problems] Reference
Perhaps more telling, the same man with the most interceptions in NFL history actually had the league's second-best interception rate. From Wordnik.com. [NFL's Ever-Evolving Passing Game] Reference
"And next door is the second-best cook in England," he exclaims loudly enough for Marcus Wareing to hear him upstairs at the Berkeley. From Wordnik.com. [Restaurant review: Koffmann's] Reference
Well, I had to tell Aunty Edith, and she looked very severe, and gave me my second-best cap and said, "William, do be careful, this time.". From Wordnik.com. [W. A. G.'s Tale] Reference
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