How To Use Second best In A Sentence

  • People army is the second best armythe world in military capability.
  • It was a grandstand finish to a game in which West Ham were second best. The Sun
  • It is an inside job, and your authors themselves want something more than pink teas and a pat on, the back and that parochialism which is proud of second best work, just because it is a local product. The Interpreters of Canada
  • He put on his second best suit.
  • Oatmeal is a good second best.
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  • I couldn't afford the house I really wanted, so I had to settle for second best.
  • Portugal's flair players were second best, unable to impose their undoubted talents.
  • IN crucial moments the Ivorian was second best, out of position or simply outrun. The Sun
  • He uses them as adjectives and is the second best swearer I have encountered.
  • Â The one thing I think Lafuente has finally nailed is page layout, which is the second best part of this issue. Review: Ultimate (comics) Spider-Man #4 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
  • I like to read from a print but a photocopy, scan or photograph is the second best; of course, face to face is best!
  • I couldn't afford the house I really wanted, so I had to settle for second best.
  • UCD were decidedly average and were second best in a goalless draw.
  • I'm not going to settle for second best .
  • James never settles for second best and he put Charlestown on the map during those years in that International Festival with acts like Eurovision winner Johnny Logan.
  • By half-time it is clear that Everton are second best, and Moyes disappears down the tunnel before his players, his face an intense mixture of frustration and fury.
  • Alex McLeish's side came off second best to the Russian champions in the first leg of their final qualifying round tie.
  • The second best player will receive two points and the third best one point, and those points will be totted up during the year.
  • Sometimes you have to settle for second best.
  • I liked the deluxe edition, but I could afford only a second best.
  • Leona is by far the best singer in this competition, and Eton road are second best … ETON ROAD and LEONA to the end … YuP YuP!!!!!!!!!!!! X Factor Betting Odds: Eton Road, Leona & Ben
  • Allie was the second best shooter on the rifle team.
  • For a moment he caught himself wondering if she didn't like coming second best, even to dead Alan. PROSPECT HILL
  • The best things in life are free. The second best are very expensive.
  • CHAMPIONS view losing a final as simply a matter of ending up second best and rapidly purge the memory. Times, Sunday Times
  • She refuses to settle for second best - she strives for perfection.
  • Leicester looked second best all afternoon and their lack of discipline, with three yellow cards, also cost them dear. The Sun
  • While fresh vegetables are preferable, second best is to have a supply of canned fruits and vegetables and juices, as well as a cache of dried fruits.
  • I couldn't afford the house I really wanted, so I had to settle for second best.
  • The second best thing about it is the two acres of garden. Times, Sunday Times
  • It kinda reminds me of having him leadoff while he is one of the best 2nd hole hitters in the Mlb. He is prolly the second best 2B in the MLB behind Utley. SBNation.com - All Posts
  • She refuses to settle for second best - she strives for perfection.
  • The views south-west are the second best of the walk, over the flatness of the Vale of Pickering to the rise of the Howardian Hills.
  • The views south-west are the second best of the walk, over the flatness of the Vale of Pickering to the rise of the Howardian Hills.
  • The best things in life are free. The second best are very expensive.
  • Before they've come off second best because they've had to travel to Port Elizabeth and then face elimination due to lack of audience support.
  • I know what it's like to be deeply in love, but when it came right down to it, I realized I couldn't accept second best. ANGELS EVERYWHERE
  • The second best basketball sound is the squeak of new shoes on a basketball floor.
  • CHAMPIONS view losing a final as simply a matter of ending up second best and rapidly purge the memory. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Wasps' man of the match in each game receives three points, the second best player gets two points and the third best one point.
  • Chatting to this bubbly rowing ambassadress, it is hard to believe that she ever suffers from the blues, but settling for second best would signal negative feelings this time.
  • Boston is still far and away the second best team in their division, and barring any freak breakouts, should win the Wild Card in 2004.
  • In the battle between science and divinity, divinity came off second best.
  • A restaurant serving dishes including snail porridge and smoked bacon and egg ice cream has been named the second best in the world.
  • He refused to settle for anything that was second best.
  • After 18 months of sparring between the Tories and BBC executives over the level of the licence fee, the future funding of the corporation has been hammered out in frantic negotiations in little over three days, with the broadcaster coming off decidedly second best. BBC licence fee frozen at £145.50 for six years
  • IN crucial moments the Ivorian was second best, out of position or simply outrun. The Sun
  • Sometimes I think it's made me seem an anticlimax to him since - I never have lived up to any of the dreams I gave him - he settled for second best by coming back to life.
  • There is never any merit in being second best.
  • The second best actor was called the deuteragonist.
  • She really laughed (and liked the idea) of "bomba" as second best. Corazon de melon?
  • Tell him that this makes you feel second best and ask him to get rid of her clothes at least. The Sun
  • CHAMPIONS view losing a final as simply a matter of ending up second best and rapidly purge the memory. Times, Sunday Times
  • I'm not going to settle for second best .
  • Out this week is a new, two-disc 50th Anniversary Edition of North by Northwest, the second best Alfred Hitchcock film. North by Northwest » DVDs Worth Watching
  • Younger sons of noble families proverbially come off second best in this country, but if one of them found his only 'appanage' was a mine, he would surely with some justice make a remonstrance. Some Private Views
  • Alex McLeish's side came off second best to the Russian champions in the first leg of their final qualifying round tie.
  • I'm not going to settle for second best .
  • Tell him that this makes you feel second best and ask him to get rid of her clothes at least. The Sun
  • The best things in life are free. The second best are very expensive.
  • ‘To be named second best in worldwide competition is a tremendous accomplishment,’ Donahue said.
  • Best heed the sea's rote and an iron keel rotten with salt clanging on the rocks; second best, read several thousand lines of interpolated verse and various lists ascribed to a quite imaginary rhapsode called Homer.
  • She was wearing her second best boots: they were more worn and slid better. THE GOLDEN LION
  • With the two clubs monopolising the show in respective sections, the remaining participants had to rummage for the second best slots available.
  • He put on his second best suit.
  • I liked the deluxe edition, but I could afford only a second best.
  • It was a grandstand finish to a game in which West Ham were second best. The Sun
  • So I have to make do with second best but, as the saying goes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
  • Tell him that this makes you feel second best and ask him to get rid of her clothes at least. The Sun
  • Marrying a Nobel laureate is the second best option, according to Borje Johansson, a member of the Nobel committee on physics. If You Want to Win a Nobel, Pick Your Parents Carefully | Impact Lab
  • Tell him that this makes you feel second best and ask him to get rid of her clothes at least. The Sun
  • If the competitor strategy is strong, the mimic strategy will inevitably be second best.
  • Leicester looked second best all afternoon and their lack of discipline, with three yellow cards, also cost them dear. The Sun
  • At the same time, Agassi said, Federer's consistency across all surfaces — his 20 consecutive appearances in Grand Slam finals is twice as long as the second best — and his Slam mark are unmatched. Let the debate begin: Is Federer now the greatest of all time?
  • And the second best kind of decentralisation is not from Ottawa to the provinces but rather to the local communities. Thirty Million Musketeers

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