How to Use schoolmate in a Sentence
schoolmate
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The two first meet as schoolmates in their home city, Seoul.
— Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 June 2023 -
Then, Morey joined the princess in signing a song for her schoolmates.
— Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 June 2019 -
Some of the old schoolmates who now work for him fill the room, and pour themselves glasses.
— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023 -
Two students were stabbed in the course of nine days and a third was attacked by a group of schoolmates.
— Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018 -
Their group lost not just a schoolmate but also a friend.
— Emily Davies, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2022 -
Sam found refuge in a quirky group of friends led by Sam's former schoolmate Joel (Jeff Hiller).
— Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023 -
Kate even revealed that the little girl shared a name with one of her son Prince Louis' schoolmates.
— Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023 -
In one funny scene, Stan tries to explain the Kubrick film’s ending to a schoolmate, who glazes over and bolts.
— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022 -
The students want to ban the kind of assault weapon used to kill 17 schoolmates and teachers and injure 17 others.
— Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 Mar. 2018 -
Her son survived an attack that killed three schoolmates and three adults.
— Kevin Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023 -
Philip Klein, 10, was out of his Glasgow school on Friday to attend the march with his father and a schoolmate.
— New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021 -
Are any of your child’s schoolmates or friends exhibiting the same symptoms?
— Gabriela Moraru, M.d., miamiherald, 1 May 2018 -
Many off his schoolmates were protesting the Vietnam War, but Trump took no part in those marches.
— Avi Selk, Washington Post, 20 May 2018 -
Our hearts go out to the families and friends, schoolmates and everyone else.
— Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 2 May 2023 -
Chris Carney’s son, Alex, was one of three schoolmates involved in a high-speed crash in Prairie Village last week.
— Max Londberg and Joe Robertson, kansascity, 14 Feb. 2018 -
Over the course of more than 30 episodes, viewers got to known young Dean, his family, friends, schoolmates and teachers.
— Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023 -
One panicky group scrambled to get medical care for a schoolmate who had been shot through the jaw.
— Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 -
At home, her mother made stir-fries and soups; with schoolmates, Lê ate pasta and pizza.
— Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023 -
The doctor—who happened to be the father of one of my old schoolmates—found me in the waiting room about a half hour after the procedure.
— Meredith Goldstein, Health.com, 4 Apr. 2018 -
On the eve of their departure, a party is being held at the house of a schoolmate, Roxana (Mara Vicol).
— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 June 2022 -
Buttigieg was succeeded as mayor by James Mueller, a schoolmate and his former chief of staff.
— Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021 -
Most are children, and the pain of losing 14 schoolmates and three educators is still raw.
— Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2018 -
Teenagers at the time of the slaying, the former schoolmates from the San Francisco Bay area had met up in Rome to spend a few days vacationing.
— Paolo Santalucia, arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2024 -
The bodies were the same age as his son; the neighbors were his friends and relatives; those bound for prison were his one-time schoolmates who had taken the other fork in the road.
— Sari Horwitz, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2017 -
Joe started coming round as a schoolmate of Judy’s brothers.
— Tribune News Service, oregonlive.com, 22 June 2019 -
On that morning, some of Preston’s schoolmates were running late.
— New York Times, 5 June 2018 -
When the shots rang out, Sawyer and Andrea were together in their drama class in a building not too far from where their schoolmates would die.
— Erika Pesantes, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 Mar. 2018 -
Some were schoolmates of the fourth-graders in Bucha, murdered alongside many parents in the community.
— Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023 -
Squire traveled with her schoolmates from Yellow Springs, Ohio to Cincinnati.
— Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 26 Mar. 2018 -
To support the idea that L.J. was combative, White provided a copy of a screenshot taken from a school chat forum in which the boy cursed at his schoolmates.
— Molly Parker, ProPublica, 5 June 2024
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