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How to use companion in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Companion means a friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies. Example: “His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.”

Examples of companion by meaning

nounA friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies.

  • His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.
  • The krogan have had a love-hate relationship with varren for millennia, alternately fighting them for territory and embracing them as treasured companions.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Varren Codex entry
  • For the most part, Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde.2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone

nounAn appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.

  • The companion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation.

nounA knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.

  • a companion of the Bath

More sentences with companion

  • She found in her neighbor a good friend, gardening companion and kindred spirit.From the entry kindred spirit
  • My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.From the entry of
  • She and her companions rose up and sung all together.From the entry all together
  • Abu Bakr (RA), a companion of Muhammad (PBUH).From the entry ra
  • Embarrassingly to me, my companion soon got drunk.From the entry embarrassingly
  • She was led astray by questionable companions.From the entry lead astray
  • AGI, in his view, isn’t just a profit engine but a companion on our civilizational journey.2025 October 14, Catherine Thorbecke, “China’s AI Dragons Must Survive ‘Involution’ to Conquer the World”, in Bloomberg, Bloomberg L.P.. From the entry view
  • To start companion planting with fungi, add woodchips and mushroom spawn to your soil.2023, Liv Sisson, Fungi of Aotearoa: A Curious Forager's Field Guide, Penguin Random House New Zealand, →ISBN. From the entry companion planting
  • A man of his temperament does not lightly undertake even a companioned isolation in a winter land.2022, Katharine Newlin Burt, The Branding Iron. From the entry companioned
  • Does your canine companion panic when you bring out the vacuum cleaner?2020 August 10, @Frederi74687757, X, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2026. From the entry zuigerphobia
  • In Burns's time, there were some well-known ‘clubbable men’: Smellie, Erskine and Parker were all boon companions.2019, Clark McGinn, The Burns Supper: A Comprehensive History, Luath Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 1480. From the entry clubbable
  • Why you go so fast!” he is heard exclaiming to a companion in his car.2019, Cherlynn Ng, “Near-collision with Mercedes going against traffic during rain in Yishun: 'So scary ah!'”, in AsiaOne. From the entry langgar
  • Companion planting with Japanese clover increased the Cd concentration in crops compared to the monoculture.2019, “Agronomic Management for Cadmium Stress Mitigation”, in Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad, and Kamrun Nahar, editor…. From the entry companion planting
  • But the truth was that she was twice as high-spirited and gigglesome as her companion.2015, JJ Marsh, Behind Closed Doors. From the entry gigglesome
  • Deoli and his companions were left to wait each time in the race and the rush.2015, Attia Hosain, Distant Traveller: New and Selected Fiction. From the entry dandi
  • Dwarf fountain grass, bunny grass, and deer grass are beautiful, hardy companions to the conifer garden.2015 November 27, Ken Lain, “Gardening with Evergreens & Conifers”, in Prescott News. From the entry bunny grass
  • 'Get the autem cackler,' his companion says, pointing at Tyers, mistaking him for a preacher.2014 December 12, Sheena Vernon, Messiah: Love, Music and Malice at a Time of Handel, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry autem cackler
  • My companions are not far off, and are aware of my thereabouts.2014, Dave Duncan, The Stricken Field. From the entry thereabouts
  • “My lady, I bring the young elf girl and her companions,” he answered appeasably.2012, Bob Spark, The Kingdom of Men: Book Two in the Twins of Prophecy Trilogy, page 125. From the entry appeasably
  • This pub is only open to WBW and their companion animals.2012, Lesbian Communities: Festivals, RVs, and the Internet, page 122. From the entry WBW
  • The three sisters work together as companion plants in many ways.2012, Gail Damerow, The Perfect Pumpkin: Growing/Cooking/Carving, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry three sisters
  • They were on the loose, of course, but the author was their constant companion.2011, Studs Terkel, The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century, The New Press, →ISBN, page 155. From the entry Pirandellian
  • We realize that Morris is a skilled Alzheimer’s companion, in his way.2011, Andrea Gillies, chapter 13, in Keeper: One House, Three Generations, and a Journey into Alzheimeimers. From the entry channel flicker
  • An heirloom from Matthew's student days, the monocle was my long-time, trusted companion.2011, Derbhile Dromey, The Pink Cage, Dunboyne, Co. Meath: Book Republic, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry Sherlockesque
  • If not, find one and make that person your trusted companion.2010, Stephen Arterburn with Jack Felton, More Jesus, Less Religion: Moving from Rules to Relationship, page 133. From the entry tonto
  • Eighner was such an agreeably yackety companion that his plight sometimes felt abstract.2009 March 25, Dwight Garner, “Dispatches From the Streets: The Grim Particulars of Homelessness”, in New York Times. From the entry yackety
  • The conjugal companion of Mr Verloc had suddenly become ravingly, murderingly insane.2007, Geoffrey N. Leech, Mick Short, Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose. From the entry ravingly
  • Other draconians followed behind , carrying the companions ' packs and their weapons .2006, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Dragonlance Chronicles, →ISBN. From the entry draconian
  • "That's a fine kettle of fish," he exclaimed, then turned to his dinner companion.2004, Ellen Raskin, chapter 13, in The Westing Game. From the entry kettle of fish
  • “Oh,” said one of my lunch companions, “you’re a descriptionist rather than a prescriptionist.”2002, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, volume 122, page 4. From the entry descriptionist
  • They were there to be with the chiefs as a friend and companion.2001, Andrew Matzner, O Au No Keia: Voices from Hawaii's Mahu and Transgender Communities. From the entry kupuna
  • Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15. From the entry moon
  • The third man, of average height, with a dark complexion, nudged his companions.1993 June, David Brin, Glory Season, New York, NY: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry virgie
  • Happily MWM 50 weeks per year seeks travel companion for other two weeks!1993 December 3, “Variations”, in The Boston Phoenix, volume 22, number 49, Boston, Mass.: The Phoenix Media Communications Group, Adult…. From the entry MWM
  • "To create a waterhead on the flat ground," my travelling companion said.1989, Muqi Che, The Silk Road, Past and Present, page 297. From the entry waterhead

Meaning of companion

  1. noun A friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies.
  2. noun A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
  3. noun The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.

Full definition of companion

Questions about companion in a sentence

How do you use companion in a sentence?
Companion is used as a noun and verb. For example: “His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.”
What is a short sentence with companion?
“a companion of the Bath”
What does companion mean?
Companion means a friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: companion (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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