Examples of playmate in a Sentence
She was my playmate and best friend.
He wasn't allowed to join his playmates outside.
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Maybe, but Crow is quite literally there: a menacing big bird who has come into the room to interface with Cumberbatch, to be his supernatural playmate and philosopher and tough-love therapist.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
The United States is playing this game with the ruthlessness of a child grabbing all the blocks from their playmate, determined to leave them empty-handed.
—Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Would Gertie, the dinosaur that stands in Echo Lake at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, like a playmate?
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
The United States is playing this game with the ruthlessness of a child grabbing all the blocks from their playmate, determined to leave them empty-handed.
—Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Would Gertie, the dinosaur that stands in Echo Lake at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, like a playmate?
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Playmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playmate. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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playmate
noun
play·mate
ˈplā-ˌmāt 
: a companion in play
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