Sentence examples for better companion from inspiring English sources

I could not have picked a better companion than A Suitable Boy.

On that train ride to and from the office, an e-book reader is a better companion.

What better companion to the planned Shakespeare Festival than a festival of writers whose work has never been seen before?

Willing or not, they will have no better companion than Lob, the trusty magical helper of Lucy's green-fingered Grandpa Will in Linda Newbery's tender, appealing short novel.

A better companion to the diaries is "The Education of Ronald Reagan: The General Electric Years and the Untold Story of His Conversion to Conservatism," by an extravagant admirer of Reagan's named Thomas W. Evans, also published earlier this year.

Business travelers who want to respect themselves in the morning find a book a better companion than a television ("For Lonely Travelers, TV Is Companion Away," Business Day, June 17).

The females make better companions.

Martha Argerich, Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic may be better companions for this wildly extravagant piece.

There are chips if you must, but garlicky baby potatoes, rice, green beans or salad make better companions.

And no better companions to his art exist than the two reissues from the Educational Publisher: "The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book" by Arlene Croce (originally from 1972) and "Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films" by John Mueller (1985).

If you wanted to spend the last 24 hours of the Olympics in superior company while pursuing maybe some final definition of the superb contribution made by British competitors, there could be no better companions than Mo Farah and young Tom Daley.