How to Use schoolmate in a Sentence

schoolmate

noun
  • Then, Morey joined the princess in signing a song for her schoolmates.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 June 2019
  • Her son survived an attack that killed three schoolmates and three adults.
    — Kevin Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Then her schoolmates were right in tune in the pool to claim their first championship.
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Some of the old schoolmates who now work for him fill the room, and pour themselves glasses.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Two students were stabbed in the course of nine days and a third was attacked by a group of schoolmates.
    — Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Lee and his schoolmate Zhu Guangya were the two physicists in the group.
    — Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Lilo, outcast by her schoolmates and coping with a gutting loss, felt the same way.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 21 May 2025
  • Are any of your child’s schoolmates or friends exhibiting the same symptoms?
    — Gabriela Moraru, M.d., miamiherald, 1 May 2018
  • One panicky group scrambled to get medical care for a schoolmate who had been shot through the jaw.
    — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Our hearts go out to the families and friends, schoolmates and everyone else.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 2 May 2023
  • All the scornful gazes of my schoolmates when Doc started to pick me up from campus had been worth it.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
  • At home, her mother made stir-fries and soups; with schoolmates, Lê ate pasta and pizza.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The two were friends and schoolmates who were wrapping up high school studies when they were approached by Oakey.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 28 May 2026
  • On that morning, some of Preston’s schoolmates were running late.
    — New York Times, 5 June 2018
  • Kate even revealed that the little girl shared a name with one of her son Prince Louis' schoolmates.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • In one funny scene, Stan tries to explain the Kubrick film’s ending to a schoolmate, who glazes over and bolts.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Sam found refuge in a quirky group of friends led by Sam's former schoolmate Joel (Jeff Hiller).
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Buttigieg was succeeded as mayor by James Mueller, a schoolmate and his former chief of staff.
    — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Most are children, and the pain of losing 14 schoolmates and three educators is still raw.
    — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Anderson, who remained Facebook friends with his old schoolmate, liked a comment and the friend called him out of the blue.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The fourth and final photo is of the future princess and schoolmates relaxing outside against a school building.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 May 2026
  • The doctor—who happened to be the father of one of my old schoolmates—found me in the waiting room about a half hour after the procedure.
    — Meredith Goldstein, Health.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • In his hometown of Martinsburg, neighbors and a former schoolmate were shocked at the news of the shooting.
    — Nicky Robertson, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Some were schoolmates of the fourth-graders in Bucha, murdered alongside many parents in the community.
    — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Her schoolmate, Curtis Mehlberg, follows her, and both are able to enter that magical world.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
  • The students want to ban the kind of assault weapon used to kill 17 schoolmates and teachers and injure 17 others.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • In a poignant scene, Avdhut connects with an old schoolmate from the village, who is grasping at straws to find a job and a future for himself.
    — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2019
  • Squire traveled with her schoolmates from Yellow Springs, Ohio to Cincinnati.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • When the shots rang out, Sawyer and Andrea were together in their drama class in a building not too far from where their schoolmates would die.
    — Erika Pesantes, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 Mar. 2018
  • The bodies were the same age as his son; the neighbors were his friends and relatives; those bound for prison were his one-time schoolmates who had taken the other fork in the road.
    — Sari Horwitz, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2017

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