MATE in a Sentence

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109 example sentences for MATE, such as:

1. They've been best mates since school.
2. We've been mates since our school days.
3. Tashtego was Stubb the second mate's squire.
4. Imagine a cavewoman complaining to her mate.
5. Be sure your mate is on a standard above your own.

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 Meanings and Examples of MATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
mate
 n.  a fellow member of a team
Classic Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
1  Imagine a cavewoman complaining to her mate.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  The chief mate of the Pequod was Starbuck, a native of Nantucket, and a Quaker by descent.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires.
3  The third mate was Flask, a native of Tisbury, in Martha's Vineyard.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.
4  First of all was Queequeg, whom Starbuck, the chief mate, had selected for his squire.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.
5  Tashtego was Stubb the second mate's squire.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.
6  In obedience to a sign from Ahab, Starbuck was now pulling obliquely across Stubb's bow; and when for a minute or so the two boats were pretty near to each other, Stubb hailed the mate.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
7  Meanwhile Stubb, the third mate, betrayed no such far-gazing solicitudes.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
8  But Radney, the mate, was ugly as a mule; yet as hardy, as stubborn, as malicious.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
9  Espying the mate drawing near as he was toiling at the pump with the rest, the Lakeman affected not to notice him, but unawed, went on with his gay banterings.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
10  Any man who has gone sailor in a whale-ship will understand this; and all this and doubtless much more, the Lakeman fully comprehended when the mate uttered his command.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
11  Steelkilt rose, and slowly retreating round the windlass, steadily followed by the mate with his menacing hammer, deliberately repeated his intention not to obey.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
12  But the predestinated mate coming still closer to him, where the Lakeman stood fixed, now shook the heavy hammer within an inch of his teeth; meanwhile repeating a string of insufferable maledictions.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
13  Immediately the hammer touched the cheek; the next instant the lower jaw of the mate was stove in his head; he fell on the hatch spouting blood like a whale.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
14  The mate was in the very act of striking, when another hiss stayed his uplifted arm.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
15  Moreover, when the four boats were lowered, the mate's got the start; and none howled more fiercely with delight than did Steelkilt, as he strained at his oar.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  They will return to breed in the fall, and the male will reclaim his burrow, waiting to reconnect with his mate.
2  And "mate" is also handy at official functions when you can't remember a name.
3  Mr. Hawke says the term "mate" is also folklore in the Australian labor party because if anyone significant calls you mate you know the knife is about to go in your back.
4  "I'm the captain and the owner and the mate and the pilot and watchman and head deck-hand; and sometimes I'm the freight and passengers."
5  Be sure your mate is on a standard above your own.
6  The presidential candidate is expected to announce his choice for a running mate Saturday in his native Russell, Kan.
7  If a candidate for president wins the election, his/her running mate becomes the vice president.
8  The queen bee is likely to mate with two or three drones.
9  They've been good mates ever since they were at school together.
10  You see it in nonhuman primates, where the new alpha male comes into the troop and mates.
11  Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.
12  If you're a busy person, looking to meet several potential mates at the same event, speed dating could be for you.
13  They've been best mates since school.
14  We've been mates since our school days.
15  About an hour later, mission commander and veteran astronaut Jing Haipeng, 45, emerged from the capsule, followed by crew mates Liu Wang, 43, and 33-year-old Liu Yang, China's first female astronaut.