So who do you think was the best of the bunch?

Do you really want the best of a bad bunch?

You're the only one of the bunch who's good for anything.

Her mother said he was the pick of the bunch.

I can tell you right now that you're the only one of the whole bunch I'd care to go out with again.

He was the only one of the bunch who made straight sense.

He is, after all, the only one of the whole bunch who's actually right.

The night game, however, was the best of the bunch.

In that moment, he simply looked like the best of a very good bunch.

I guess it is that they are simply not the best of the bunch.