Examples of 'had been better' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been better"

had been better: This phrase is used to express that something was preferable in the past compared to the current situation. It indicates a sense of nostalgia or longing for a previous, more favorable circumstance

How to use "had been better" in a sentence

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had been better
If you had been better at choosing your mistresses.
I wish the characters had been better defined.
Would had been better off with an independent.
I just wish the result had been better.
And she had been better dead.
I just wish the ratings had been better.
Would that he had been better supported by everyone else.
I just wish the songs had been better.
If you had been better at eating certain things when we were together.
Our relationship had been better than ever.
He might have understood if your timing had been better.
I wish things had been better with us.
I just wish my last one from here had been better.
I wish life had been better to him.
The implementation could have gone faster if communication had been better.

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There were times when it had been better than it was now.
I had been better to you.
I wish his life had been better.
Perhaps you had been better advised to sell your book and buy a nicer coat.
May be it would have had been better for us.
If humans had been better about sharing their planet then we would not hate them.
Well if my wife cooked it had been better.
I wish it had been better news.
I just kind of wish the story had been better.
She knew she had been better off on her own.
Many a man would have been worse if his estate had been better.
Since something had been better to do.
I think there would have been more if the weather had been better.
Thats had been better.
If only the marketing had been better.
So if he had been better in endgames he would have become World Champion.
It would perhaps had been better.
Whether it had been better to refer the new Constitution to the Ratificn by.
It would have had a better effect if it had been better thought out.
Orville had been better since Saturday.
Many pollution accidents could have been avoided if there had been better safety.
Press we would not have if you had been better at choosing your mistresses.
Qawi had been better known to most fans as Dwight Braxton.
I wish the camera lighting had been better so you could see it.
Once again, if we had a little bit of sugar would had been better.
Growth in developing countries had been better than expected but the recovery had been uneven.
We were victims of a lack of awareness and wish we had been better prepared.
I wished the Hyskos had been better fleshed out as a people.
He would have been gone if Elin had been better.
I do wish I had been better prepared mentally.
And if the People of the Scripture had believed it had been better for them.
I wish I had been better at math and science.
I wish with all my soul I had been better guided.
Things had been better in New Zealand.
I wish the president 's behavior had been better.

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Examples of using Had
Had she dreamed of the garden so often
Then we knew we had the wrong guy
We had so much fun up on the mountain today
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Examples of using Better
We would have been better off staying where we were
Better to appreciate the scent of the paintings
This just gets better and better
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