: one with whom one shares a seat (as in a vehicle with double or paired seats)
Examples of seatmate in a Sentence
My seatmate on the flight to Rome was very friendly.
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Jodi Smith lost count of the number of rum and Cokes her seatmate ordered on a recent flight from Boston to Los Angeles.
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 3 May 2025
My seatmate nods, smiling, even her daughter looks up from her iPad.
—Rebecca Chace
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
Apple AirPods Pro 2 Wireless Earbuds Block out crying babies and noisy seatmates on your next flight with these Apple AirPods Pro 2 Wireless Earbuds.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2025
Perfect for blocking out engine drone, seatmate chatter and all the other ambient chaos that comes with coach.
—Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 3 May 2025
My seatmate nods, smiling, even her daughter looks up from her iPad.
—Rebecca Chace
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
Apple AirPods Pro 2 Wireless Earbuds Block out crying babies and noisy seatmates on your next flight with these Apple AirPods Pro 2 Wireless Earbuds.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2025
Perfect for blocking out engine drone, seatmate chatter and all the other ambient chaos that comes with coach.
—Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for seatmate
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“Seatmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seatmate. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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