How to Use buddy in a Sentence

buddy

1 of 3 noun
  • His fishing buddy just bought a new boat.
  • High school buddies from Muleshoe, Texas, poked fun at his age.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The third speaker was a golfing buddy and long-time friend of Dr. Dubel’s.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024
  • This buddy pass got me first class flights to pretty much anywhere in the world for free.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • His buddy in the basketball jersey is in the back seat, conked out.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2023
  • Raynaud doesn’t mind, though, if his buddy takes a while to respond.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2023
  • This book feels like a late-night gossip session in the best way and would be an amazing buddy read.
    USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • Yes, Mayo and his Lawrence buddies followed KU during their grade and high school years.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Taylor drove out to Mammoth with his buddy in the springtime.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2023
  • This stand was dubbed The Luxury Suite by one of my hunting buddies.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
  • His youngest — a smart, funny, loves-to-sing, light-up-a-room kind of kid — was his fishing and camping buddy.
    Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The moral of this story is not only to know your buddies, but to know their history as well.
    Kendra Rey, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jake from State Farm went from workout buddies to costars.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Casanova has won over the hearts of his human kennel buddies.
    The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Bryan’s buddy next to him writes a different long-term goal: Buy a private jet.
    Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Rely on your good buddy water, and aim for eight glasses a day.
    Women's Health, 12 July 2023
  • The two buddies felt the groove throughout the video, with Morpeth even slapping her friend's behind for added effect.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023
  • All’s fair in World Cup competition: the pair could go back to being buddies now.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 27 July 2023
  • After meeting a girl online, Ian drives across the country with his buddies to meet her and hook up.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 11 May 2023
  • Instead, Jordan dug in and his hate-mailing buddies did as well.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Beyond that, Ramirez has become a friend and fishing buddy.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 8 June 2023
  • But Miguel hesitates on the sidelines as his three buddies come to blows with another group of peers.
    Maya Phillips, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • And all surfers know the admonition about going out with a buddy, or at least when there are others in the water.
    Mylène Dressler, Longreads, 11 Apr. 2023
  • My travel buddies: My husband, my two daughters, the dog, and our nanny.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Her TikToks are filled with videos of herself breaking it down by herself and with buddies.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
  • One recent Monday night, a friend and I waited an hour for our meals, which annoyed my buddy.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Andy Cohen stepped out for a fall stroll and was shamelessly out-dressed by his walking buddy.
    Grace McCarty, SELF, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are not only teammates on the field — but also buddies with matching style.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Heuberger called a backpacking buddy who spoke Chinese and asked him to meet in Beijing.
    Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Morita's surf buddies used their board leashes to make a tourniquet and helped him onto a longboard that carried him back to shore.
    CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
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buddy

2 of 3 verb
  • Paul has since been seen buddying up with Trump on the golf course.
    Eugene Scott, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Indeed, even those who were inclined to buddy up to Trump appear to be changing course.
    Washington Post, 7 June 2018
  • That work ethic has drawn comparisons to buddy Collin Sexton.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2020
  • To maximize the use of a Zero Waste Box consider buddying up with friends, family or co-workers.
    Laura Daily, Washington Post, 25 June 2019
  • His complicated struggles to accept this team as well as having to buddy up with an actual terrorist was so fun to watch.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Buddying up helps students afford higher rents and compete with long-time residents and families.
    Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 23 July 2017
  • The Rabbids show up in a time-traveling washing machine, the helmet accidentally gloms onto one of the bunch, who kicks off a rash of transmogrifications, hybridizing characters and beloved landscapes before buddying with the usual Mario villains.
    Matt Peckham, Time, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Paul has since been seen buddying up with Trump on the golf course.
    Eugene Scott, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Indeed, even those who were inclined to buddy up to Trump appear to be changing course.
    Washington Post, 7 June 2018
  • That work ethic has drawn comparisons to buddy Collin Sexton.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2020
  • To maximize the use of a Zero Waste Box consider buddying up with friends, family or co-workers.
    Laura Daily, Washington Post, 25 June 2019
  • His complicated struggles to accept this team as well as having to buddy up with an actual terrorist was so fun to watch.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Buddying up helps students afford higher rents and compete with long-time residents and families.
    Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 23 July 2017
  • The Rabbids show up in a time-traveling washing machine, the helmet accidentally gloms onto one of the bunch, who kicks off a rash of transmogrifications, hybridizing characters and beloved landscapes before buddying with the usual Mario villains.
    Matt Peckham, Time, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Paul has since been seen buddying up with Trump on the golf course.
    Eugene Scott, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Indeed, even those who were inclined to buddy up to Trump appear to be changing course.
    Washington Post, 7 June 2018
  • That work ethic has drawn comparisons to buddy Collin Sexton.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2020
  • To maximize the use of a Zero Waste Box consider buddying up with friends, family or co-workers.
    Laura Daily, Washington Post, 25 June 2019
  • His complicated struggles to accept this team as well as having to buddy up with an actual terrorist was so fun to watch.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Buddying up helps students afford higher rents and compete with long-time residents and families.
    Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 23 July 2017
  • The Rabbids show up in a time-traveling washing machine, the helmet accidentally gloms onto one of the bunch, who kicks off a rash of transmogrifications, hybridizing characters and beloved landscapes before buddying with the usual Mario villains.
    Matt Peckham, Time, 28 Aug. 2017
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buddy

3 of 3 adjective
  • This was the hardest part and it’s over buddy, good job.
    Jess Grey, Wired, 7 June 2020
  • There are too many things out here that are willing to kill you and eat you alive, buddy.
    Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Or a sort of buddy film in which the buddies turn out not to be buddies at all, though each in his way might at times believe it so.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Thank you for touching the hearts of so many people and being an idle [sic] for so many people buddy.
    Amanda Taylor, PEOPLE.com, 21 July 2022
  • The movie is as much buddy picture as action comedy — and the action is very slam-bang.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2022
  • The events that transpire turn the film into a buddy comedy-meets-Cage-style action movie.
    NBC News, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Take the one scene where Slater is showing a buddy remedies to remove excess air from his bong hits in his classroom.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Their new partnership results in a buddy comedy-like arc for the duo in the second half of the final season.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Affleck grew up in Cambridge, not far buddy, Matt Damon.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Ragnarok was born out of this idea for a buddy comedy between Mark Ruffalo and Chris.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2022
  • One great system that has worked especially well has been a buddy program.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Maybe a buddy comedy starring himself and Chris Hemsworth?
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2021
  • So, yeah, for a minute there, in its usual and unique mix of quirky comedy and genuine horror, the episode became a buddy cop story as father and son worked together to catch the killer.
    Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 19 May 2021
  • Which is how the multi-hyphenate project Fire Bones became, among other things, a buddy comedy.
    Lauren Smart, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The buddy comedy, her first full-length feature film, was filmed last summer in Wisconsin with a cast and crew nearly all from Wisconsin.
    Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Choose signs, drums, or similar noisemakers instead. Stick with a buddy group to keep your number of unknown contacts low.
    Demetria Mosley, Wired, 5 June 2020
  • Also on tap: an Andy Samberg time-loop romantic comedy, a buddy drama involving a cow, and the one horror movie that'll keep you away from the beach this summer.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
  • For an early morning breakfast Beach Break Cafe in Oceanside offers large traditional breakfasts—great to split with a buddy post-surf (beachbreakcafe.net).
    Sara Clemence, WSJ, 4 June 2021
  • In circles, otherwise known as buddy groups—safe spaces where women could get together and share their stories.
    Courtney Rubin, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2022
  • There's literally a camel being milked by our buddy Glen (Clark Middleton).
    Laura Sirikul, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2022
  • The iQIYI original drama may not be a buddy drama, but there’s definitely bromance.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Each destination scratches a particular itch: a family trip, a buddy trip and a life-list big-birthday trip.
    Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The buddy program helps the newcomers bolster those same skills in a safe environment, organizers said.
    Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2022
  • As Deadline reported, Bautista will also star in a buddy action comedy alongside Jason Momoa, set to shoot in 2023.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The untitled show, which sources say Fox envisions as a possible companion to Call Me Kat, is a buddy comedy about two women who are placed in the witness protection program.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Me Time brings a type of buddy comedy to Netflix that theatrical audiences haven’t gotten to experience as much in recent years, and the film is courtesy of a writer and director who knows quite a bit about the genre’s glory era.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Admission was originally free, but after the third suicide, the Related Companies, which built and controls Hudson Yards, imposed a $10 entrance fee and a buddy rule.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 30 July 2021
  • The mothers said their children grew up in a community where they always have been accepted by every school group, whether through a buddy program in elementary school or an adaptive PE program in high school.
    Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Zootopia at its heart is a buddy comedy with a do-gooder cop (Ginnifer Goodwin) teaming up with a sneaky criminal (Jason Bateman) to solve a slew of missing-mammals cases in the eponymous metropolis.
    Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2021
  • And if that's still too difficult, players can enlist a friend to help out in a co-op mode that lets a buddy control support characters that create platforms, protect the protagonist or carry him across obstacles.
    Star Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021

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