How to Use colleague in a Sentence

colleague

noun
  • A colleague of mine will be speaking at the conference.
  • Documents say the colleague checked the guest bedroom a third time and noticed it was once again locked.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2023
  • My friend and colleague David French was pilloried . . .
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Her colleagues agreed, expressing concern about the reputation of the city, the state's third most populous.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Lynn Yager, Talley’s longtime colleague and friend, played hostess to the evening’s festivities.
    Ian Malone, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Madigan-Curtis and her colleagues figured the positive climate impact could be significant over time.
    Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
  • According to a colleague, the Kansas City pizza joint Mama Leones used to give tables giant slabs of provolone on a plate with the bread service.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 2 Feb. 2023
  • As my colleague Chris Isidore reports, the company’s employee pay and benefits rose 12% for the year, to $4.6 billion.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And based on the stories that have emerged from friends and colleagues, that seems to have been true of Perry himself.
    Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Dad worked long hours and sometimes brought home colleagues.
    Hazlitt, 7 June 2023
  • Recently, one of my colleagues sent me an email with a Fab or Flub idea.
    Courtney Ortega, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Conyers saw something and called out for one of his colleagues.
    WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Some of her colleagues, though, noted that many of the ZIP codes listed are inside cities.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • With input from Wang’s colleague Zhaohuan Zhu, the group worked around the clock (and in one case during a flight to Europe).
    Quanta Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
  • According to the outlet, the women were at the game to celebrate the end of the first week of classes with their colleagues.
    Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Fine doesn’t call her a student, but instead a colleague.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • In this study, Jain and his colleagues analyzed what the heat dome would have looked like without this trend.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
  • My colleague Leo Schwartz and I teamed up for a new deep dive on the state of crypto venture capital in 2023.
    Anne Sraders, Fortune, 1 June 2023
  • That my colleague Robin Kelly has been leading in the Congress.
    CBS News, 14 May 2023
  • Now a high-pressure hosing was the reward for a donation to a colleague’s cause of choice.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • Within days, the official had found a colleague who would play the avatar in a real-world meeting with the Russians.
    Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
  • At the time, Schiano was with two colleagues in a rental car, headed for Charlottesville.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Blade of Grass will win over your friends, colleagues, and maybe even your foes with its aromatic freshness.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
  • At that point, McConnell turned away from the podium and stood nearby while his colleagues took the microphone.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Jacobs and her colleagues had to use substance that looked real and was also … snortable.
    Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2024
  • In a follow-up email the next day, Berry invited his colleagues to a meeting to discuss the issue.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2023
  • After corralling most of the bees, Jameson received a ride home to Grimsby from a colleague.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Many of her former colleagues left for higher-paying jobs in D.C.
    Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • My name is Yvonne Villarreal and I’m joined here today by my colleagues.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The case is like nothing Lois or her colleagues have ever encountered, but that won’t be true for long.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024

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