How to Use fellow traveler in a Sentence

fellow traveler

noun
  • I struck up a conversation with one of my fellow travelers.
  • He was not a member of the Communist Party or even a fellow traveler.
  • The late Angela Carter stands out as a rare fellow traveler.
    Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • But once Samuel Alito and his fellow travelers peeled the box open, the world got a good long stare at the dead cat inside.
    Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Abbott, a fellow traveler, was deemed enough of a national menace for the F.B.I. to start a file on her in 1951.
    Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • Here are the insights from your fellow travelers — and the final word from the manners expert.
    Ajc Homepage, ajc, 24 Nov. 2017
  • Bolsonaro, again not unlike his fellow traveler Trump, is no flash in the pan.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Here are some wellness travel ideas that just might sweep you and your fellow traveler off your feet.
    Rona Berg, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The city will be busy with fellow travelers this time of year, but affordable hotel rates can still be found.
    Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2023
  • As soon as the wheels ground to a halt in the center of Juárez, the migrants clambered out, throwing their backpacks to their fellow travelers who were already on the ground.
    Alejandro Cegarra Alejandro Cegarra, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • Your ratings help define excellence in travel and guide fellow travelers to the best of the best.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
  • In the spirit of true romanticism, there may even be time for a little meet-cute with one of my fellow travelers.
    Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2024
  • There was nothing to be gained by holding a grudge against his onetime fellow travelers.
    Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Some of my fellow travelers didn’t seem interested in all this, nor in the short drive to the Palestinian border.
    Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Be kind to your fellow travelers and to front-line airline employees.
    Scott McCartney, WSJ, 10 July 2019
  • There was only one thing missing from our basketball band of fellow travelers, the one thing that would’ve made a great day even better.
    Kevin Scarbinsky | , al, 2 Apr. 2023
  • That could be a flight attendant who’s very patient, or a fellow traveler.
    Louis Cheslaw, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2018
  • Interspersed with the proceedings of Escalante and his fellow travelers, we are given the life of Mr. Roberts.
    Bruce Berger, WSJ, 12 July 2019
  • In case a fellow traveler gets confused about which duffel is his, this cheeky reminder will make sure that everyone goes home with the right bag.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Along the way, Gluckman scrambled to find food for himself and his parents and to endear himself, as 10-year-olds can do, with fellow travelers.
    Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2018
  • Inside the maze, the photographer was drawn to this fellow traveler.
    New York Times, 28 Oct. 2017
  • From across the seat, a fellow traveler offered the old man an exit, and inadvertently, perhaps, the young one as well.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
  • There was only one problem — one of my fellow travelers.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • There are fun social elements, too, like the nightly wine hour — a good way to meet fellow travelers — and cinema nights in the screening room.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
  • So were my fellow travelers, like Solange Singer, a 41-year-old fashion stylist muffled in similar gear, with a red wool scarf laid out on her lap like a blanket.
    New York Times, 3 July 2019
  • So grab your bag of contraband low-fat popcorn and fire up your hybrids, fellow travelers.
    Karla Peterson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The study did not measure what happens when an infected passenger turns his or her head to talk to a fellow traveler or gets out of the seat to walk down the aisle or use the lavatory.
    Hugo Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Video from the airport showed dozens of firefighters lugging their gear off an airplane as their fellow travelers stood and clapped for their arrival.
    Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2020
  • There's no shortage of stories from fellow travelers who were offered credits and lived to regret it.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2018
  • One group member points out their fellow travelers were working people who’d saved and taken over a month away from their jobs and families for the trip of a lifetime.
    National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2020

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