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How to use better in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Better means greater in amount or quantity. Example: “The top electric vehicles have a range of 300 kilometres or better.”

Examples of better by meaning

adjectiveGreater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.

  • The top electric vehicles have a range of 300 kilometres or better.
  • Only one swimmer finished the race with a time better than two minutes.

adjectiveHealed or recovered from an injury or illness.

  • We can't go to the zoo today because you're sick; let's go when you're all better.

nounAn entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.

  • He quickly found Ali his better in the ring.

verbHad better.

  • It's getting late. You better get on home.
  • Nobody better hurt any of my kids.
  • Nothing better've happened to the guitar I lent you!

verbTo improve.

  • attempts to better the lot of the refugees
  • This government will better our society.
  • They tried to better themselves by attaining a good education.

verbTo surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel; to improve on.

  • He summed the whole thing up in a way that I couldn't possibly better.

More sentences with better

  • He’s in a better place now, floating free as the clouds above.From the entry above
  • Sorry, my English isn't very good. I wish I had better English.From the entry english
  • The view up here is better than the view down there!From the entry here
  • This song would sound better with the addition of a cowbell.From the entry cowbell
  • My dear friend, I feel better as soon as you come sit beside my sickbed!From the entry dear
  • I had a dreadful nightmare last night; I hope I sleep better tonight.From the entry tonight
  • Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.From the entry all
  • If you want to catch the bus, you'd better leave tout de suite!From the entry tout de suite
  • Better to be excluded from society than to deny the virtue of citizenship.From the entry virtue
  • I can’t stand this new bid I’m on, even if the mileage is better.From the entry bid
  • There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops.From the entry leave
  • This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.From the entry attempt
  • Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.From the entry sting
  • This text would stand out better if we put it in a coloured box.From the entry box
  • He played the blue ball, but the green would have been a better choice.From the entry play
  • I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.From the entry file
  • I need more information to get a better view of the situation.From the entry view
  • It seems like his moods are better since he started taking lithium.From the entry lithium
  • Whatever your plan is, I just think this idea's omega stupid. Ain't you got something better?From the entry omega
  • Not only is nothing wrong, but there all kinds of ways things might get even better.From the entry nothing
  • You had better stand back and let me operate the chainsaw.From the entry stand back
  • If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.From the entry walk
  • My psychiatrist upped my guanfacine dose since ADHD symptoms have not gotten better.From the entry up
  • This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.From the entry discovery
  • I’m glad you want to be a better ally to the disabled.From the entry ally
  • You tryna be steppin right now? You better bring it if so.From the entry step
  • She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.From the entry match
  • The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.From the entry appropriate
  • Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.From the entry off

Meaning of better

  1. adjective Greater in amount or quantity.
  2. adjective Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
  3. adjective Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.

Full definition of better

Questions about better in a sentence

How do you use better in a sentence?
Better is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “The top electric vehicles have a range of 300 kilometres or better.”
What is a short sentence with better?
“This government will better our society.”
What does better mean?
Better means greater in amount or quantity.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: better (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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