How to Use chummy in a Sentence

chummy

adjective
  • She was getting chummy with the reporters.
  • The two of them were in that closet, all chummy, for an hour.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021
  • That the refs did appear quite chummy with the other team’s coach?
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Wolff had already turned up in chummy Epstein emails.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Nov. 2025
  • The second act of the musical gets much darker than the chummy school days of act one.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Claire’s Walsh is a chummy working man who’d be just as at home at a potluck as at a union meeting.
    — Luke Kelly-Clyne and Graham Techler, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Claire’s Walsh is a chummy working man who’d be just as at home at a potluck as at a union meeting.
    — Luke Kelly-Clyne and Graham Techler, Vulture, 30 June 2021
  • The trainer and patient share a chummy rapport.
    — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the two appeared to be pretty chummy in the days that followed.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Don’t expect things to become chummy-chummy between the two sides.
    — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • While their close relationship has played out on screen and in the media, the two weren't always so chummy.
    — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The Mayfly is a good size for couples or anyone who doesn’t mind being a bit chummy with their partner.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But either way, the optics aren't great with officials and teams looking this chummy.
    — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2018
  • But either way, the optics aren’t great with officials and teams looking this chummy.
    — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, 11 Apr. 2018
  • But Nickel wasn’t exactly chummy, rarely speaking when the two of them made their sweeps.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Ana thought the two teams were chummy, sharing information and helping each other along the way.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The president seems to want to be chummy with Putin instead of challenging him.
    — Fox News, 22 July 2018
  • For starters, both Kelce and Swift are chummy with actor Miles Teller.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Chapek was known as not being the most creative-friendly exec in town, while Iger is known as being much more chummy.
    — Vulture, 12 July 2023
  • But for most of its history, the nation's highest court has looked like a chummy private men's club from a not-so-distant time.
    — Jessica Campisi and Brandon Griggs, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Through the years her parents, Rick and Barb Thomas, became chummy with the owners.
    — Shonda Talerico Dudlicek, Lake County News-Sun, 23 May 2018
  • Matty finally gets back to being chummy with Olympia again in this episode, for a couple of reasons.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Players and coaches are chummier than ever, and there’s enough money and fame to go around to waste time being petty.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Letterman wasn't a smoothly chummy figure like Carson was on screen.
    — Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Photos taken inside the party also show the two being chummy.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Ed also makes frequent stops at the grocery store to stock up, getting chummy with the clerks and then blowing any goodwill by writing a check.
    — Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2019
  • Here, the pair — who played enemies on-screen — are seen being chummy while at an event circa 1981.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024
  • The two were spotted together looking chummy inside the Met Gala last night.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 8 May 2018
  • Kevin and Madison are so chummy on Kate's wedding day, despite having called off the wedding in the present day.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 26 May 2021
  • With that chummy dynamic established, the latest episode makes room for romance — or at least the illusion of it.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026

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