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Examples of bedfellow in a Sentence
a child-welfare cause that has made bedfellows of activists who are normally on opposite ends of the political spectrum
Recent Examples of bedfellow from the Web
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Swayze—who played football as a teenager but also studied classical ballet, bedfellows that aren’t really strange at all—is all muscle and heart.
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The tight Bay Area funk of Con Brio and the gritty rock of New York's the London Souls may seem like strange bedfellows, but the two will mine common ground on an upcoming joint tour and a new split 7-inch single premiering exclusively below.
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Still, the report has new and revealing information, including some unexpected bedfellows.
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That viewpoint makes the populist Bannon an unlikely bedfellow of the traditionally pro-regulation European Union.
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Forget those strange bedfellows who have been rumored to buy the team.
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Strange bedfellows: Orlando lawyer John Morgan (pictured) was the money behind the constitutional amendment that legalized medical marijuana in the state.
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As in politics, where today’s disgraced pol was yesterday’s rising star, fashion makes for strange bedfellows.
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Maduro's financial desperation is making bizarre bedfellows of Venezuela’s revolutionaries and some of global capitalism’s most prominent brands — including Goldman Sachs.
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First Known Use of bedfellow
15th century
bedfellow Synonyms
Synonyms
abettor (also abetter), backer, ally, confederate, fellow traveler, supporter, sympathizerRelated Words
empathizer, well-wisher; accessory (also accessary), accomplice, coalitionist, collaborationist, collaborator; adjunct, assistant, coadjutor, helper; associate, cohort, colleague, fellow, partner; buddy, chum, companion, comrade, confidant, crony, familiar, friend, intimate, mate, palNear Antonyms
belittler, detractor; adversary, enemy, foe, opponentBEDFELLOW Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of bedfellow for English Language Learners
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: a person or thing that is associated or connected with another
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