"Know that there have elapsed of this our day, which be Friday, and this Friday be the tenth of the month Safar in the six hundred and fifty-third year since the Hegira or Flight of the Apostle (on whom be the bestest of blessings and peace!)[.]1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXIX, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 304:
Crickey, I'm about sprung. Tarnally dog gone my shins if this beent the bestest puttiest longbreak yet.1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 405:
I'm a Flavor Unit MC / And that means I'm one of the roughest, def-est, toughest, best-est1993, “Bring The Flavor”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:
I'm in his favorite sundress, watching me get undressed / Take that body downtown / I say, "You da bestest," lean in for a big kiss2011, Lana Del Rey, Justin Parker, “Video Games”: