: a member of the same class in a school or college
Examples of classmate in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebWith us tonight is Jasmine, whose 9-year-old sister Jackie was murdered with 21 classmates and teachers at her elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.—USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024 Read Next Mother arrested after spiked drink sends son’s classmate to hospital, Texas cops say
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10-year-old dies from abuse sustained as a baby, Florida cops say.—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024 One classmate shared photos of a memorial of flowers and photos on its windshield.—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2024 Alums five or 10 years ahead of him, like Simone Rocha, Christopher Kane and Jonathan Saunders, launched brands straight out of school, but McGirr and his classmates graduated on the other side of the Great Recession.—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2024 Not many of his classmates looked or sounded like him.—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024 Some Jewish children reported that their classmates asked what their number is — a reference to the numbers tattooed on Jews during the Holocaust.—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024 Justice Smith stars as Owen, who strikes up a friendship with older classmate Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine).—Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2024 The complaint alleges a number of incidents of harassment of Jewish students by classmates and teachers.—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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