playmate

Example Sentences

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Because when Caligiuri was growing up in Diamond Bar, the only playmate he could find was the door of his garage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The clip highlighted an obvious imbalance between a male figure – disingenuously portrayed as a fellow playmate – in a position of power to a teenage girl.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2024

But in the meantime, mother chimps continue to be their offspring's primary playmate, tickling, chasing, playing 'airplane'.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

They ran into a playmate of their son.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023

He went from being Thomas Jefferson’s childhood playmate to becoming his personal servant—which meant, in Jefferson’s words, to “shave, dress and follow me on horseback.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis