There our hero sat for the best part of an hour, smoking his pipe of tobacco and sipping his rum and water, yet seeing nothing of those whom he suspected might presently come thither to laugh at him.
So they paraded the streets for the best part of an hour before they found the Spanish captain.
Essence, principal part, essential part, best part.
I think I'll take Locket after all,' says he, after thinking about it best part of an hour.
My hurry to get it through was selfishness; for, after all, I've best part of three weeks to do it in.
You aren't going to keep in your saddle by mere balance--and it's balance that old gentlemen rely on best part of the time.
When I get back here again, I shall be like the monkey--best part up the palm-tree, and nothing dangerous between him and the nuts.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "best part" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
