matey
Example Sentences
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"She will have seen just as much as Andrew. It's inconceivable that she didn't. She was so matey with Epstein."
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
“Occasionally she can be matey with you, but don’t try to reciprocate or you get The Look,” he wrote in his memoir, “A Journey.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022
He can be matey or imperious as the fancy takes him.
From Golf Digest • May 5, 2020
He relished being matey with the ultras and was seemingly blase about their darker dealings.
From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2016
“Arr, matey, who dares to disturb the pirate captain’s slumber?”
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
