How To Use messmate In A Sentence
- “No, nor yet a peltast”; but he had been ordered by his messmates to drive a mule, although he was a free man. Anabasis
- But I say, messmate, that is no reason why we should not believe that all these things are; but, on the contrary, that God, who creates and cares for the smallest birds, watches over us also. Peter the Whaler
- Over large areas, either of two eucalypts, messmate stringybark Eucalyptus obliqua and Smithton peppermint Eucalyptus nitida, is found emergent from rain forest, the former species on the better soils in the east and the latter on the poorer soils mainly in the west. Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia
- Ellen thinks that the stranger has made a flimsy connection between the name ‘messmate’ and mates on a troopship.
- Over large areas, either of two eucalypts, messmate stringybark Eucalyptus obliqua and Smithton peppermint Eucalyptus nitida, is found emergent from rain forest, the former species on the better soils in the east and the latter on the poorer soils mainly in the west. Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia
- Brown stringybark is restricted to soils of low fertility, whereas messmate stringybark becomes more frequent as soil quality improves. Southeast Australia temperate forests
- Fighting for a cause has less influence on behavior than fighting for messmates.
- an officers 'mess;" i.e. a meal taken in common at the same table; and so, "to mess together," "messmate," and so on. Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850
- Unwillingly forced to read his letter aloud to his table at sea, Carl came across this bit and a lump rose in his throat as playful jeers rose from his messmates.
- One authority asserts that the bird and the snake are nearly always found together, and seems to imply that a friendship exists between them, for the bird is referred to as a "messmate" of the snake. My Tropic Isle
