Examples of playmate in a Sentence
She was my playmate and best friend.
He wasn't allowed to join his playmates outside.
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While some owners might opt to add a playmate to the mix, not all cats desire having another pet in the house.
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Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
But craving collaboration and loving my audiences made that same crowd my playmates, my bandmates.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
Maybe, but Crow is quite literally there: a menacing big bird who has come into the room to interface with Cumberbatch, to be his supernatural playmate and philosopher and tough-love therapist.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
The United States is playing this game with the ruthlessness of a child grabbing all the blocks from their playmate, determined to leave them empty-handed.
—Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
But craving collaboration and loving my audiences made that same crowd my playmates, my bandmates.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
Maybe, but Crow is quite literally there: a menacing big bird who has come into the room to interface with Cumberbatch, to be his supernatural playmate and philosopher and tough-love therapist.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
The United States is playing this game with the ruthlessness of a child grabbing all the blocks from their playmate, determined to leave them empty-handed.
—Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Playmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playmate. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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playmate
noun
play·mate
ˈplā-ˌmāt 
: a companion in play
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