How to Use playmate in a Sentence

playmate

noun
  • She was my playmate and best friend.
  • He wasn't allowed to join his playmates outside.
  • Just the imagery of him with the fruit and the tree and the playmate and the first time in L.A.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2022
  • And Texas is the kid who saw that stuff on TV and hit his playmate with a chair.
    Kyle Whitmire, al, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Prince George and Princess Charlotte could soon have a new playmate: a cousin.
    Eileen Reslen, Town & Country, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Facing the challenge of a high wall, O’Connor and his playmates tossed their caps over it.
    George Will, Twin Cities, 18 July 2019
  • Petty cash for playmates, to Trump that's his swear jar.
    Fox News, 28 July 2018
  • That means Prince Louis could have a new playmate only six months younger than him.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2018
  • Some stand against a wall, dodging balls aimed by playmates.
    Don Norcross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 July 2017
  • For a start, the 5-year-old is more than a head shorter than her playmate Jiana, though the girls were born only a month apart.
    Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2017
  • The dog acts as both teacher and playmate to the cub in ways that humans cannot, Castaneda said.
    Fox News, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The same goes for a toddler biting their sibling or a playmate.
    USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • The goal isn't merely to provide kids with a robotic playmate.
    Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • Those living near to Sooy who have a canine friend in need of a playmate can find Sooy on Facebook.
    Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The other four were on set every day and became close playmates with the child actors.
    Jessica Diehl, HWD, 26 July 2017
  • When a ball rolled into the street, the playmates chased it, detectives believe.
    Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Above him an eager playmate lets out a shriek trying to wiggle his way out of his high chair.
    Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Margaret and the Queen are first cousins, and were frequent playmates during their childhoods.
    Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2018
  • An unnamed 6-year-old boy shoots and kills a 6-year-old playmate, Kayla Rolland, at school.
    Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 25 Apr. 2021
  • However, his younger son, pictured to the left, sees a playmate in his own reflection and walks up to kiss the mirror.
    Discover Staff, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2016
  • Saambili, who was the first gorilla born at the zoo in 20 years, shared the tasty spread with her troop, which includes mom Hope and playmate Shanta.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2019
  • When word of the other seized orphan cub spread, the two zoos decided to put the tigers together as playmates.
    Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Edward Klein ruled on smugglers, playmates and scofflaws.
    Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 16 June 2017
  • My daughter deserved a playmate, and my husband and I deserved a child to shower with love.
    Deborah D.e.e.p Mouton, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Poor Chester van Chime is a welcome playmate to my kindergartener who is learning to rhyme.
    Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Matthew has been her playmate, protector and her chief form of transportation between home, school and the Boys & Girls' Club.
    Brenda Cain, cleveland.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The victim’s mother summons the playmates, four years after her daughter’s death, to...
    WSJ, 14 Apr. 2017
  • Momo is an in- demand playmate at church and the ringleader of his many maternal cousins.
    Krithika Varagur, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • The two had been childhood playmates and then classmates at Max Reinhardt's seminar at the elite Deutsches Theater.
    Noga Tarnopolsky, latimes.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The coaching also did little to relieve the isolation of kids who did not have playmates, or of their mothers.
    Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 21 Sep. 2017

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