How to Use first mate in a Sentence

first mate

noun

• Sinise played Gump's commanding officer and first mate in the film.
  — Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 3 July 2024
• The captain is a local guide, the first mate is the chef, and the nightly rate includes housekeeping, meals, drinks, snorkel equipment, and more.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2023
• The first mate directed the ship to hug the shore, but the captain, Frederick Burke, overrode him, ordering the men to press on.
  — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
• The Arlington's first mate, Junis Macksey, ordered the ship to sail close to the Canadian shore to the north to provide some cover from the swirling winds and waves.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
• Every one of the gangs had a first mate that ended up turning on their boss to rid themself of the boot on their neck — the very waters the Penguin swam in long enough to know how to rule them.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
• My first mate, Teeshy McGann, informed me that an unexpected storm was moving in from the east.
  — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
• Batu, a yellow Lab whom people liked to call Lipscomb’s first mate, stirred beneath a blanket on the engine cover.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
• Unaware that Dracula is onboard, the captain writes how, over the course of their journey, crew members went missing until just he and the first mate were left on the Demeter.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 11 Aug. 2023
• The weather turned rough and forced the fearless crew — including first mate, Gilligan, and the skipper, Jonas Grumby — to detour to a nearby deserted island.
  — Colson Thayer, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
• The Arlington started to take on water and the ship's first mate, Junis Macksey, ordered a course to hug the Canadian north shore, which would have provided some cover from wind and waves.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
• The captain's descriptions of goings-on aboard the ship begin ordinarily enough, but within days of being at sea, the ship's first mate disappeared, and before long the crew and passengers were being picked off one by one each night.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
• Scallops can be tricky to spot, so the captain and first mate often dive in to help show you how to find them.
  — Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
• The first mate threw chunks of banana into the water, and neon damselfish darted around me to nibble on them.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2026
• Later in the morning, Abzal’s first mate found a vape pen and blunt wrapper on the boat, according to the proffer.
  — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026