ADJECTIVE
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next to the best
his second-best bed
ADVERB
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in second place
he came off second-best
How To Use second-best In A Sentence
- Now Brazilian stocks are the world's second-best performer after Russia, according to MSCI Barra.
- But the English ace insists he is only the second-best player at his club! The Sun
- The second-best room in the Manor, situated upon the first floor, it overlooked the back of the garden, where there was a tangled thicket of laurustinus and rhododendron. The Hill A Romance of Friendship
- When they have to choose between quality and price, quality usually comes off second-best.
- He had got under her skin, and after half an hour she went home alone, not content with second-best.
- Welsch has established himself as the second-best all-around player on the team, a guy who scores, passes and defends.
- He left her that "second-best bed '. HISTORY PLAY: The Lives and After-life of Christopher Marlowe
- Do you feel second-best to his wife in life rather than death? The Sun
- When they have to choose between quality and price, quality usually comes off second-best.
- About him: Davis rejuvenated his career last season when he tied for the lead league in kickoff-return TDs with three and had a 30. 3-yard kick-return average, second-best in the NFL. Among kick returners, is Devin Hester already the best ever?