How to Use companionship in a Sentence

companionship

noun

• They missed the companionship of longtime friends after moving to California.
• The film shows that strangers talking one-on-one—that companionship—can be even more valuable.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
• After six months alone in a downtown high-rise apartment, Yuan was in want of companionship.
  — Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, 22 Nov. 2020
• The only respectful course was to spend time with your neighbor (or not) based solely on the quality of her companionship.
  — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020
• Benji revels in his own suffering and, for companionship if nothing else, wants others to suffer alongside him.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
• But the idea of long-term, monogamous companionship — and a truly equal partnership — has begun to sound appealing.
  — Urooba Jamal, refinery29.com, 9 Nov. 2020
• Family and friends who are fearful of spreading the coronavirus often stop dropping in to offer companionship or provide respite.
  — Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
• Dear Looking: This is not an ideal time to be dating new people, but the reality is that people crave companionship.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2020
• Around the turn of the 20th century, animal ownership became more about companionship.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2020
• The show’s representation of the detectorists is wistful; their search is not just for treasure but for companionship and masculine identity.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
• Dogs make for cuddly presidential props and provide companionship when presidents make tough decisions, Pickens said.
  — Christina Morales New York Times, Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020
• Workplaces can also provide this sense of companionship, by organizing virtual social events through the holiday season.
  — George Kohlrieser, Quartz at Work, 24 Nov. 2020
• With in-person social options limited to slow the spread of the coronavirus, people have turned to virtual communities such as Groups for companionship or just to pass time.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2020
• And speak to them adult-to-adult about your need for love and companionship.
  — Francine Russo, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021
• He became hooked on both the strategy of the sport as well as the companionship of both the birds and the people who fly them.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2021
• An 11-year-old Texas boy went on a search for companionship and ended up with tons of new friends all over the world.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• In the meantime, and the heartbreak, Nicole went online to look for companionship.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
• Babes asks what adult companionship looks like once the spoils of youth have dissolved.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2024
• The Survivors need us in their final days to bring more joy and companionship.
  — Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
• For now, his cats, goats and alpacas will have to do for companionship.
  — CBS News, 22 Aug. 2021
• Not love or peace or companionship or trust or laughter or long walks on the beach.
  — Chris Murphy, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2021
• The track is Cuomo’s ode to canine companionship, with the singer pining for a pet.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2022
• Shirley Sawyer, 82, who has lived in Glacier Hill for about a year, said Scout’s companionship brightens dull days.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• The co-burials could have been meant to provide a meal and companionship in the afterlife.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2024
• Of course there’s more to life than a stable romantic companionship and a shared love of sweets.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2022
• The only companionship was his phone, which was buzzing with well-wishes all day.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022
• The people who put her up for the night, or offered friendship, or companionship.
  — Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
• Viewers tuning in for companionship may find only the faintest echo of what once was.
  — Brian Stelter, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2022
• Growing up in small-town Wyoming, the Gosar kids never lacked for companionship.
  — Mark Z. Barabak Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
• That his dopey country mouse of a cousin represents his best chance at companionship is the painful joke spun out until the end.
  — Yasmine Seale, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024