Buddy is an English word with synonyms like brother or chum. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Buddy meaning
- A friend or casual acquaintance.
- A partner for a particular activity.
- An informal and friendly address to a stranger, usually male; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know.
Using Buddy
- The main meaning on this page is: A friend or casual acquaintance. | A partner for a particular activity. | An informal and friendly address to a stranger, usually male; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know.
- Useful related words include: brother, chum, crony, pal.
- In the example corpus, buddy often appears in combinations such as: his buddy, buddy and, my buddy.
Context around Buddy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Buddy
- In this selection, "buddy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hey, new, study, holly, valastro and list stand out and add context to how "buddy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 11 and buddy valastro s and a buddy and i. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "buddy" sits close to words such as canberra, chaotic and foreigners, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with buddy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A contemporary of mine, a buddy. (6 words)
And not in the buddy-buddy way that some connected with departed head coach Nathaniel Hackett. (16 words)
Hey Buddy: In Pursuit of Buddy Holly, My New Buddy John, and My Lost Decade of Music. (17 words)
During the tour, they were promoted as "Buddy Holly and the Two Tones", while later Decca called them "Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes".sfn The label later released Holly's second single "Modern Don Juan", backed with "You Are My One Desire". (43 words)
And rock and roll fans will line up for Buddy Holly's Winter Dance Party on Thursday October 17 – the show also features the music of Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Richie Valens along with The Counterfeit crickets. (38 words)
A more complete privacy option is to select a menu option allowing communication only with those on one's buddy list; this causes blocking (thus appearing offline to) all users who are not on one's buddy list. (38 words)
After all, remember that once-straight gym bro who started lusting after his “mad thick” workout buddy—and then got a date with him? (24 words)
Adam Cole cheering his buddy on, off the ropes, drop toehold takes Max’s feet out from under him! (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Hey Buddy: In Pursuit of Buddy Holly, My New Buddy John, and My Lost Decade of Music.
And not in the buddy-buddy way that some connected with departed head coach Nathaniel Hackett.
Buddy Valastro’s first two shows for A&E debut next month with “Legends of the Fork” (9 p.m. Nov. 11) and “Buddy Valastro’s Cake Dynasty” (10 p.m. Nov. 11).
And rock and roll fans will line up for Buddy Holly's Winter Dance Party on Thursday October 17 – the show also features the music of Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Richie Valens along with The Counterfeit crickets.
A young girl was only seeking a study buddy on an online platform, but instead, she was propositioned by men wanting to be her sex buddy.
Finally, Buddy Pokemon of level Great Buddy or higher will bring players items like Pokeballs all event long.
If you have AR enabled in the game, Buddy Adventure lets you interact with an assigned Buddy Pokémon in new ways.
At the wedding of his army buddy in Pratt County, he was introduced to his buddy’s sister, Lois Haas.
A more complete privacy option is to select a menu option allowing communication only with those on one's buddy list; this causes blocking (thus appearing offline to) all users who are not on one's buddy list.
During the tour, they were promoted as "Buddy Holly and the Two Tones", while later Decca called them "Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes".sfn The label later released Holly's second single "Modern Don Juan", backed with "You Are My One Desire".
Kurfürstendamm Buddy Bears, 2011 The globally unique international art project United Buddy Bears was presented in Berlin on the Kurfürstendamm during the summer of 2011.
Sally tells Ben how her days have been spent with Buddy, trying to convince him (and herself) ("In Buddy’s Eyes").
A buddy and I, then in our mid 20's, went to the hearings to watch him lose his job, which he ultimately did.
A contemporary of mine, a buddy.
Adam Cole cheering his buddy on, off the ropes, drop toehold takes Max’s feet out from under him!
Additionally, the papers stated that Pitt attempted to turn over half of the value of Château Miraval's most valuable assets to his buddy and business partner for free.
A decent friend also wouldn't buddy around with a friend's ex accused of being — to use one of Schwartz's favorite insults — a bootleg Harvey Weinstein.
After all, remember that once-straight gym bro who started lusting after his “mad thick” workout buddy—and then got a date with him?
A heated argument ensued between the two drinkers that prompted Orubia’s partner to shoot his buddy with a handgun, the report said.
Allen, Brown's former Raiders teammate and good friend, said it was an easy decision to participate in the film when his buddy made the request.
Common combinations with buddy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his buddy 16×
- buddy and 14×
- my buddy 11×
- buddy comedy 10×
- buddy holly 9×
- the buddy 8×
- buddy in 7×
- and buddy 6×
- buddy of 6×
- buddy valastro 5×