mate

Example Sentences

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Each time she settled in a new place, she spread the word about maté.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2023

Santaolalla is not unaware that his compatriot isn’t everyone’s cup of maté.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2021

You’ll canter with the cowboys across vast grasslands, and trade stories over maté.

From Time • Sep. 25, 2017

There are meals of carne asada and manioc soup; parleys over endless rounds of yerba maté; social scandals that erupt at horse races; deadly tropical fevers; and red dust, relentless sun, and clouds of mosquitoes.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2017

With maté we came to Buenos Aires, where the process of discharging the cargo was the same as at Montevideo—into lighters.

From Voyage of the Liberdade by Slocum, Joshua