How to Use classmate in a Sentence

classmate

noun
Definition of classmatenext
Synonyms for classmatenext
  • The school work, the grades, the parties classmates will have, the play dates.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The rest of our classmates wouldn’t show up for a week or more, if at all.
    — Emily Gogolak, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The shooting claimed the lives of 12 of her classmates and her teacher.
    — Anna Schecter, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The 12-year-old wants to bring back snow days to bring joy to her classmates and beyond.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Next to me, a classmate takes aim at a Black man in overalls.
    — Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The classmate paid $15 for the mixture of ginger, aloe and coconut oil.
    — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • All of this just seemed like so much for a child to be able to play a game of tennis with his classmates.
    — Condé Nast, SELF, 24 Aug. 2023
  • On new turf, Li struggles to fit in with his classmates.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Played by Dylan Baker, Bill drugs and rapes two of his son’s classmates and, by the end of the film, goes to jail.
    — Elena Saavedra Buckley, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
  • His quick thinking saved his classmate's life and earned him a new award.
    — Madeline Coggins, Fox News, 7 July 2022
  • During that school year, for the first time in my life, I was called the N-word by the younger brother of one of my classmates.
    — Pia Jordan, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
  • In a video, 4-year-old Mark sits across from his classmate, a little girl named Charleigh.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Kids may be nervous about seeing some of their classmates for the first time in months.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024
  • In the blink of an eye, Kim wrecks the car, her life and almost kills a classmate in a head-on collision.
    — Josie Howell | , al, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Justin Long also appears as one of the group's classmates.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • There goes most of Kate's classmates, sucked up and spat out into the next county.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 10 July 2024
  • He was bullied by classmates who hurled gay slurs at him.
    — John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Helping students catch up to the rest of their classmates during the summer is one thing.
    — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Jones, whose wife had been a classmate of Coffin, sold him the building and loaned him $150 worth of drugs to get started.
    — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2022
  • In front of him, Dworet said, his 14-year-old classmate, Alex Schachter, was slumped over with a pool of blood forming at his feet.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2022
  • And of course, Ruby’s gorgeous new classmate turns out to be one of these mermaids.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
  • Most of her classmates have taken up jobs in the industry.
    — Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 1 June 2023
  • The two returned to school without lunch and told their teachers and classmates about the damage.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The director begged me to give it to my classmate, who’d won the role of Liat, Bloody Mary’s daughter.
    — Sue Wunder, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Some of her former classmates had been killed, along with neighbors who had been there for her in her time of need.
    — Sima Diab, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The 18-year-old didn’t know his classmate well, but said the teacher took time Tuesday to discuss the shooting.
    — Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2022
  • As her classmate gives the go-ahead, 7-year-old Freya Rollinson leads her father and younger brother to a corner.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The pictures were of a high school classmate–magic-hour shots in a mountainside field.
    — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Therapy dogs were brought in to provide some comfort for the classmates and families of the victims.
    — Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Switching from law to tech That spring, Hayes began reaching out to former classmates and colleagues for advice.
    — Morgan Smith, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024

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