Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

companion

[kuhm-pan-yuhn] / kəmˈpæn jən /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The plaintiffs in B.P.J. and its companion case from Idaho, Little v.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

This is the idea behind antibiotic adjuvants, which are companion molecules that do not kill bacteria directly but instead restore the power of antibiotics.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Following a check-up by a vet, Oyster was given a clean bill of health and has been transferred to a sanctuary where she will be introduced to a male companion.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Marcus is survived by sons Alan, Kenneth and Raymond; four grandchildren; one great-grandson; and his long-term colleague and companion Maria-Elizabeth Michel-Beyerle.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Elisha had suggested Mrs. Walter as an appropriate companion for Maggie before he left.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The difference between our two favorite animal companions begins in the eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Roa and his companions initially crawled and then cut a hole to reach the site.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Visibly exhausted, Ronnie looks at his companions who continue to remove debris.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

As one of the coldest planetary-mass companions ever directly imaged, it is so faint that scientists have struggled to analyze its light from Earth.

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

When an airwoman for the 587th gave a concert for her companions, her comrades made her a white silk dress out of parachute fabric to wear while she sang.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

It should be companioned with a key and a glossary like the Berlitz books.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2021

He sat at the end of the table companioned only by his wife, the conservative journalist Barbara Amiel.

From The New Yorker Aug. 1, 2016

"All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world," she says.

From The Guardian Feb. 16, 2013

Kuba, companioned only by a dog, lay in the stable, listening to the sounds of feasting and merriment, to the wedding-guests too busy with laughter and drinking to heed him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her uncle, Sir John Milly Doyle, then an old man of mark in the military world, was naturally proud of his beautiful charge, and companioned her that evening.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various

Things hadn’t gone very well with him that day and he had waited for Jane for a little companioning.

From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell

Brunston and other Scottish lairds of Wishart’s circle were agents of the plot, and in 1545-46 our George Wishart is found companioning with them. 

From John Knox and the Reformation by Lang, Andrew

The child seemed in her loneliness to reach out for companioning.

From The Convert by Robins, Elizabeth

There no other wings may gleam But only yours, companioning my dream In its strange flight up new and radiant ways.

From Eight Harvard Poets by Cummings, E. Estlin

If all of us sincerely and practically united in trusting and companioning them,—so sincerely as to convince them of the fact—I would have small misgivings.

From The Subterranean Brotherhood by Hawthorne, Julian




Vocabulary lists containing companion


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training