Examples of playmate in a Sentence
She was my playmate and best friend.
He wasn't allowed to join his playmates outside.
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Nicholas and three of his playmates at the day care were poisoned by the lethal opioid, which the owners stored in a nap room, officials said.
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Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Rory is delighted when his older sister weaves a playmate for him out of flowers and words, naming her Daye.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
Then Woody reunites with his former band of playmates and has a nostalgic encounter with Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen).
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
Earlier that same month, the former Playboy playmate tried out a splash of color, adding pink streaks to her platinum hair.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
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Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Rory is delighted when his older sister weaves a playmate for him out of flowers and words, naming her Daye.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
Then Woody reunites with his former band of playmates and has a nostalgic encounter with Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen).
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
Earlier that same month, the former Playboy playmate tried out a splash of color, adding pink streaks to her platinum hair.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Playmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playmate. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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playmate
noun
play·mate
ˈplā-ˌmāt 
: a companion in play
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