boon companion
Example Sentences
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She was the boon companion of the women’s-rights activist Susan B. Anthony, and she could count among friends and allies the abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
This biography is a boon companion to Morris’s sprawling oeuvre, even if her complex psyche, like her physicality, might be impossible to corral.
From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2022
“He was an utterly boon companion: charming, witty, unpretentious,” Kennedy says.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2021
It was classic Plimpton: smart, droll, insightful, self-deprecating and, as always, a stylish, witty narrative that placed the reader at George's side as a boon companion.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 9, 2020
I hadn’t lost just Katz, my boon companion, but my whole sense of connectedness to the trail.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
