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.
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
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mate
n. South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
v. place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
Classic Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
1 Imagine a cavewoman complaining to her mate.
2 The chief mate of the Pequod was Starbuck, a native of Nantucket, and a Quaker by descent.
3 The third mate was Flask, a native of Tisbury, in Martha's Vineyard.
4 First of all was Queequeg, whom Starbuck, the chief mate, had selected for his squire.
5 Tashtego was Stubb the second mate's squire.
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.
7 Meanwhile Stubb, the third mate, betrayed no such far-gazing solicitudes.
8 But Radney, the mate, was ugly as a mule; yet as hardy, as stubborn, as malicious.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
14 The mate was in the very act of striking, when another hiss stayed his uplifted arm.
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.
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.