How to Use running mate in a Sentence

running mate

noun
  • Ghani once denounced him as a cold killer, then named him as a running mate.
    — Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Bichette will benefit from his new running mate on the left side.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The pair appeared over and over again, like running mates in a campaign video.
    — Avi Selk, courant.com, 12 June 2018
  • That much was clear in the closing weeks of the campaign as Biden, his running mate.
    — Brian Slodysko, Star Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020
  • In the short term, Harmon will be a running mate with Heyward.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • So how to find Bosa an edge-rushing running mate without breaking the bank?
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Ernst was even a contender to be his running mate in the 2016 election.
    — Emily Chang, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Then, of course, there’s a question of what Healey envisions for her running mate.
    — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The tweet by the senator came more than two months before she was named by Biden as his running mate.
    — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Kaine is viewed as the favorite and is a prodigious fundraiser, helped by his time as Clinton’s running mate.
    — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2018
  • At one point, she was rumored to be on his list of potential 2024 running mates.
    — Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Then again, rarely in that time has Curry ever had a running mate who does the things that Butler does.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Michel and his roommate and running mate Nick Chubb were awesome for Georgia.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2018
  • Finding Myles Garrett a running mate should also be high on Berry’s to-do list.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, are the epitome of women-haters.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
  • With his running mate, guard Jamal Murray, the Nuggets have a lethal pick-and-roll tandem.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
  • By the time Harris was choosing a running mate in August, the problem was front and center.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In 2014, Vallas served as the attack-dog running mate to then-Gov.
    — Bill Ruthhart, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
  • Ryan, 44, was briefly considered for the role of Hillary Clinton's running mate last year.
    — Philip Elliott / Youngstown, Time, 21 Sep. 2017
  • And James has had to do much of his work with running mate Anthony Davis sidelined because of a strained right calf.
    — Broderick Turner Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Joining him on the Cincinnati offense is his old running mate and top-five pick Ja’Marr Chase.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2021
  • In other ways, though, the election of Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, could lead to change.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2020
  • As Patrick Queen continues to develop, the Ravens need to give him a running mate to take off the pressure.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Even then, her position was more extreme than that of her running mate at the top of the ticket, John McCain.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Carr’s running mate in the starting backcourt last season, Gabe Kalscheur hit two free throws to tie the game 61-61.
    — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Joe Biden's running mate in the 2020 election will be Kamala Harris.
    — Nina Bahadur, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Romney's 2012 running mate, Paul Ryan, the former Speaker of the House?
    — Stuart Emmrich, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2020
  • Jack Kemp, who quarterbacked San Diego teams in the early 1960s, was Dole’s running mate.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2021
  • For the first time, Curry gets a full offseason of preparation alongside running mate Jimmy Butler.
    — Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In 1983, she was named running mate in the re-election bid of Principal Chief Ross Swimmer.
    — Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2022

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