How to use "better" in a sentence

It works well and I feel a bit better.

He'd better come

The urine tastes better at night because it's colder, but it's still going to be a long, hard night

Brion After was having better luck

But it's better to be doing something than nothing

Slowly, however, things got better

The place where I had to live was just a bit better than the rooms at the university, but the food was not

After the first few weeks my leg was getting better, and one day I went down into the little town, to the fish market

'Perhaps I can put things right with Jenny,' I thought, 'now that I've found her again.' But the more I thought about it, the more I finally understood that it was better for the boy to be with Jenny and her husband, and not to have an idiot for a father.

While the strict legal right may exist in the government to enforce the exercise of these offices, the attempt to do so would be so irritating, and so nearly impracticable withal, that I deem it better to forego for the time the uses of such offices.

And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous in any given case, still the evil effect following it, being limited to that particular case, with the chance that it may be overruled and never become a precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could the evils of a different practice.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with his eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail, by the judgment of this great tribunal, the American people.

The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

Hand in hand with that we must frankly recognize the overbalance of population in our industrial centers and by engaging on a national scale in a redistribution, endeavor to provide a better use of the land for those best fitted for the land.

Alcohol was cheap and it helped people to feel better

'The police say that he looks dangerous, and it would be better for everyone to lock their windows and doors.'

'And the travellers in the inn eat better than this.' But then he looked at the table, and saw the beautiful silver candlesticks, knives and forks.

'She seems better

This man's name is Jean Valjean, and he's a criminal no better than you are

He thought that Pontmercy was no better than a beggar, a penniless adventurer who only wanted his money

'Then I'll be in a better position to help them.'

We deserve a better life, and this is our chance.'

It's no use trying to move me, but I'll tell you how you can treat my wound better than any doctor

So I advise you, dear boy, to eat more meat and get better soon

'Grandfather,' Marius said at last, 'I'm feeling much better already

I tried to persuade myself that it would be better not to admit the truth about my past, but it was no use

But I think it would be better if you stopped seeing her.'

'Because I thought it would be better to break away

"All the better to hug you with, my dear."

"All the better to run with, my child."

"All the better to hear with, my child."

"All the better to see with, my child."

"All the better to eat you up with."

Perhaps the less she knows, the better.

"We need a better description, you see

And Gerry understands better than most people exactly how true that is.

"How? Do you think you can steal from me and escape? Gerry, you know me better than that."

well, why don't we come at night? Isn't it better at night, Nick?"

But they are better than the dirty old jeans and green jacket that are now in a bin behind the shop where they sit.

It is better than serving drinks in a pub or helping out at his dad's office, but only if it is a short day, and only if the case is closed quickly

The feeling of the sun on his face is good, and the taste of the smoke is even better

He feels a little better

So he drives, and for a while he feels better

He tried to be better than that.

Their clothes are better than ours, their cars and trucks are better

Everything they have is better

I know these mountains better than they do and better than you."

"At this time of year, we want to look for rabbits, Son, but if we can get a hare, even better."

She starts to feel better: more relaxed and less concerned about the reason why the tube is so quiet today.

You'll feel better."

"It's okay, dear, you will feel better in a moment

A pod was like a simulator, but a million times better

"Well, I guess I'd better go

You never earned many, but it was better than nothing - and a good way to exercise, and get out of your apartment.

"But Cham," she said, "what if there was a better future - something completely different?"

She decided that they needed to talk about something different, because she'd come here to make things better, not worse.

"Much better than I expected, to be honest

Us." Sala felt a bit better.

And I'd wish with all my heart that there was something better for you."

"And remember, Sala, maybe there will be something better, one day

"If there's a better world out there, we have to find it."

She'd been about to do some studying, but watching a love story-stream was a much better idea

She watched the hologram advertisement on the wall with its promises of a better future

"You should know better than anyone that jobs in this city don't last

"I know you believe in something better than all this

"They know him better than anyone

So we really believe now that there's a better life out there

If the government came asking them questions, it would be better, for now, that he knew nothing at all.

'You won't get better unless you stay quietly in bed

I felt better, much better now.

'Feeling better?' said Maxim, looking at me

'I expect we'll get on well when she knows me better,' I said

I was not sure what Beatrice had said and I thought it better not to ask.

'Well, Mrs Danvers had better come and see me

'But I had better be going

You had better ask Frank Crawley

'You'd better stop this, Mrs Danvers,' I said

'You'd better go to your room.'

'We had better go down,' she said in her usual voice

'Are you feeling better, Mrs de Winter?' Frank asked

'I think I had better see Mr Favell,' I said

It will be better if you come back in the morning.'

And I think I'd better go too

The police and the morticians had advised her that Danny was so badly torn up, so horribly mangled, that she was better off not looking at him

But for better or worse, this December 30 was the hinge, upon which her entire future would swing.

Once she had gotten through the premiere of Magyck! She had better start cutting back on the booze

The car was immaculate, in better shape than most new cars these days

Hundreds of gamblers - pretty young women, sweet-faced grandmothers, men in jeans and decoratively stitched Western shirts, retirement-age men in expensive but tacky leisure outfits, a few guys in three-piece suits, salesmen, doctors, mechanics, secretaries, Americans from all of the Western states, junketeers from the East Coast, Japanese tourists, a few Arab men - sat at the semielliptical blackjack tables, pushing money and chips forward, sometimes taking back their winnings, eagerly grabbing the cards that were dealt from the five-deck shoes, each reacting in one of several predictable ways: Some players squealed with delight; some grumbled; others smiled ruefully and shook their heads; some teased the dealers, pleading half seriously for better cards; and still others were silent, polite, attentive, and businesslike, as though they thought they were engaged in some reasonable form of investment planning

If he was faking innocence, he was a much better actor than she thought he was, and she thought she knew him well indeed

You don't understand me one bit better now than you did when we divorced."

She looked better than she expected

These were customers to whom the hotel was especially anxious to cater, and the more the Pyramid knew about them, the better it could serve them

And if he were lying, he wouldn't have told her the story about Charlie and coffee, for that could be substantiated or disproved with only a minimum of effort; he would have come up with a better alibi if he really needed one

You know better than that

That'll improve my psychological condition for sure, and I'll be better able to deal with the creep, whoever he is

"The sooner the better

"That's because I'm a better cook than attorney

Nothing had ever felt better to her than he felt at that moment.

"That's better," the tall man said.

"Much better," Bob said.

"You know better than that," Vince said harshly.

I'd better have a look at it, check the fittings, the incoming feed, all that."

Kevin's parents went away from the city immediately after the funeral, intending to spend a month at their summerhouse in the country, where they could be free from the press of business and social duties, the better to mourn their lost child

"The longer we stand here, the better targets we make."

"That's better

"I like it better when you're on top," he said, and he winked at her.

"The light will be better

There's a better than even chance he's been co-opted by Kennebeck's crowd

Besides, if we're face-to-face with him, we'll have a better idea of whether or not he's telling the truth

You better take a look at it."

Do you have a better explanation for what happened in the diner?"

"I can't think of a better explanation, but I'm not ready to accept yours

"We better get moving

I don't think we'd better rely on that carrot any longer."

"Hey," he said worriedly, "better keep a tight rein on your hopes

And we better get out of the neighborhood before they find that guy in the snow."

"Can you think of anything better?"

If you'd tell me what this is all about, maybe I could help you better."

Elliot said, "Billy, you might be better off not knowing."

"Not much insurance, but better than nothing."

And I also believe individuals are always smarter and better adapted to survival, at least in the long run, than any institution

"Someone better run a maintenance scan on the computer

The fact that they had gotten this far unhurt didn't make Elliot feel any better about what lay ahead of them

"-the better chance we have of getting out alive."

"We have some questions, and you two better have the answers."

'Maybe 1 had better see you first, Helene?' I said.

get better.'

So it is better to leave things to Mary, who gives us awful things to eat

I said the things to her that it was my duty to say, remembering all the time how that morning I had said that a world without Colonel Protheroe would be a better place.

And where's the weapon? I'd better call the police.' He picked up the telephone and gave the facts as simply as possible.

The man was much better, and his wife said she had not telephoned me.'

'We'd better go down to the police station and see him.'

He got better

'You don't think it would be better to telephone?'

Of course, it would be better to telephone

'You'd better come here.' I gave him the address

'Don't you think,' I said, 'that it might be better if Hawes didn't recover? We know the truth now and...'

If he gets better, he will tell you the truth.'

The smoke (or flame, perhaps, would be a better word for it) was so bright that the deep blue sky overhead seemed to darken as these clouds rose

An ordinary engineer is much better educated than a common soldier, and they discussed, with some intelligence, the odd conditions of the possible fight.

To make myself feel better I took a cold bath in the afternoon.

I wanted to start at once, but the soldier had been in wars before and knew better than that

Listen,' he said to my new friend, 'you'd better go to Weybridge and report to the highest officer.'

'We had better follow this path,' I said

The Weybridge men, however, were better led or were more experienced

'Are you better?' he asked.

This made me feel a lot better, and the noise of the pump did not bring a tentacle in through the opening.

It was interesting that he, an ordinary soldier, seemed to have a much better understanding of the situation than I, a professional writer.

The noise of burning was actually better than silence.

'I am not a very good man, Effie, but I think that I am better than you thought.'

That old remedy worked better than a box of modern pills.

You'll feel better soon.' Harris always knows where you can find a good whisky.

After a moment, he said, 'It's better if I stay here and prepare tea

'An intelligent man like you must do better things

And she is not the type who would borrow money just to buy a pair of shoes; she would just wear her old pairs till things got better

I shall pay for everything, but that would be better than that old car I was thinking about

He says that she'll get better

'We'll discuss the details another time, when you're feeling better.'

Laura was getting better

Now that she was better, my heart began to beat fast again when she was near me, our hands began to shake when they met.

Other women wrote about better female education, but Mary's work was really important.

People in Pakistan and around the world hoped that she could get better

When Malala got better, she decided to continue her fight for girls' education.

Educated women have better health and they work more, says the World Bank

New jobs that appeared in factories, shops and offices were better

She said to the BBC, "I wanted the world to get better, and I knew it could not get better if it was going to be ruled by men." Nancy was an MP until 1945.

She tested better than John Glenn, the man who went to the Moon! She passed her tests and was ready to go into space

Was this because of sexism? Maybe the men became afraid that the women were equal, or sometimes better, than them.

"Come with me and we can fight together! We can make California a better place to live," says Zorro.