mate

Example Sentences

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The building, we learned from one of our platform mates, had been designed to hold four hundred.

From Literature

Like the best of friends, the best of soul mates they were.

From Literature

On being told there were two fatalities, Mather said "it's not as bad as I thought", to which another officer beside him said "it's pretty bad, mate".

From BBC

They have a fierce love for their mates and cubs.

From Literature

Flowers are things of beauty to humans, but don’t forget they are food, breeding and mating sources for smaller creatures.

From Los Angeles Times