How to Use bandmate in a Sentence

bandmate

noun
  • My thoughts and prayers go out to all of my bandmates and fans all over the world.
    NBC News, 9 May 2020
  • This tour is designed in the round, with Bryan and the bandmates on stage in the center of the arena floor.
    Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Suga can’t wait to be in the crowd cheering for his bandmates when their times come.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • Zimmerman and some of the old gang would love to see their old bandmate.
    IndyStar, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The Nasty Bitches reunion puts her back in touch with both the love of her life and the bandmate who stole him.
    Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Like many of Swift's bandmates, the husband and father of three has been with her since 2007.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Young was always a bit of an odd fit with his bandmates.
    Elizabeth Nelson, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
  • He’s been lucky to find bandmates that share his vision.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
  • Some of his bandmates waiting outside the room nod along.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
  • That Bridgers and her bandmates all wore skeleton suits?
    Susannah Felts, Longreads, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Her bandmates' stage names also matched their sense of style.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The camera then pans to John Lennon who looks annoyed at his bandmate.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • His bandmate Jimin also made the switch to platinum blonde.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 10 May 2021
  • Johnson and his bandmates were free Black men; the audience was white and well-to-do.
    Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The bassist was forced to face his own mortality, and so were his bandmates.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Sharing a bed can be a kiss of death for bandmates, but not for Marcus and Jean Baylor.
    Keyaira Boone, Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Dave Grohl and his fellow Foo Fighters have a new bandmate.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 22 May 2023
  • It’s the second time Grohl has experienced the death of a close bandmate.
    Andrew Dalton, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Drawing on four decades of songs, the drummer Lars Ulrich keeps fans, and his bandmates, on their toes.
    Austin Considine, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • David leans over the table, but after a bandmate to his right appears to nudge him, David pops back up.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2021
  • Also present were bandmates Mark Damon on bass and Jamie Perkins on drums.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Often, Webster bunkered in her room, even when her bandmates went to eat.
    Dani Blum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The cause was heart failure, said Pedro da Silva, a friend and bandmate.
    Annabelle Williams, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Rowland showed support for her Destiny's Child bandmate for both nights of the tour.
    Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Manson then removed the girl's shirt and forced her to drink a glass containing his bandmate's urine, the suit claims.
    NBC News, 29 May 2021
  • The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr beat his fellow bandmate to the punch over a decade ago.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2021
  • And are the two women still keeping up with their former bandmate?
    Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The tough-love bandmate who tells her to stop chewing out her fellow musicians and lay off the booze.
    Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Weir, 77, later accepted the award on behalf of his bandmates.
    EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Several of his bandmates are still enlisted, so the group as a complete unit can’t continue working just yet.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025

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