: one with whom one shares a seat (as in a vehicle with double or paired seats)
Examples of seatmate in a Sentence
My seatmate on the flight to Rome was very friendly.
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For instance, recently on an 11-hour transatlantic flight, my seatmate was having difficulty getting sound in both ears with the airline headset.
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Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Gomez still goofed off often with Martin, her seatmate to the right, and Short.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
The mark of a brilliant director might be counted on how many actors get their moments in smaller roles, and this film is full of them, notably Steve Coulter in for one memorable scene as a seatmate whose nose cold causes consternation for Liz at a dinner party.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
Jones had just attended the PGA Awards and was flying from Los Angeles back to New York, and as luck would have it, Dafoe was his seatmate.
—Shannon L. Bowen, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
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Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Gomez still goofed off often with Martin, her seatmate to the right, and Short.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
The mark of a brilliant director might be counted on how many actors get their moments in smaller roles, and this film is full of them, notably Steve Coulter in for one memorable scene as a seatmate whose nose cold causes consternation for Liz at a dinner party.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
Jones had just attended the PGA Awards and was flying from Los Angeles back to New York, and as luck would have it, Dafoe was his seatmate.
—Shannon L. Bowen, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seatmate
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“Seatmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seatmate. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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