On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Colleague. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as associate or fellow and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Colleague meaning
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
Using Colleague
- The main meaning on this page is: A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
- Useful related words include: associate, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow.
- In the example corpus, colleague often appears in combinations such as: his colleague, colleague and, my colleague.
Context around Colleague
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Colleague
- In this selection, "colleague" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, junior, turkish, cabinet, started, speaks and pushed stand out and add context to how "colleague" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a colleague of mine and a colleague referred to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "colleague" sits close to words such as identification, navigate and complained, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with colleague
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A colleague of mine isn't convinced. (7 words)
A colleague sent some money from GT Bank to my UBA. (11 words)
A CAR salesman caused a colleague to suffer severe brain damage after running him over. (15 words)
When a colleague speaks to her in Polish, she pointedly replies in German; Catak says he has had a similar experience with a Turkish colleague who refused to speak to him in their shared language, even if they were the only people in the room. (45 words)
According to those in the know of things, 82-year-old Antony, who currently holds the record of being the longest serving Defence Minister in the country, is deeply upset over a remark made by his junior colleague Jairam Ramesh. (40 words)
Fitzgerald stated that it was likely that his colleague had access to the CIA cables discussed earlier and that the colleague had passed questions to the CIA for them to pose to defendant Bin Attash. (35 words)
After all, if Meyers made that up, why should doubters believe any of the stories his colleague Amber Ruffin shared about her experiences with police brutality and racism? (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
Writing on an online tribute page, a colleague called Jess said: “She was the kindest and most genuinely compassionate person I have ever had the privilege of calling my colleague and friend.
Her manager responded by assigning a colleague to help her, but the colleague started taking over and she quickly felt sidelined.
The panel said that as Colleague A/witness three was a housekeeper and Mrs Capel was a senior nurse, Mrs Capel’s behaviour was intended to humiliate a junior colleague.
When a colleague speaks to her in Polish, she pointedly replies in German; Catak says he has had a similar experience with a Turkish colleague who refused to speak to him in their shared language, even if they were the only people in the room.
As he advanced, Mr Crouch, fearing for the safety of his colleague, pushed the male in the chest and told his colleague to retreat.
Calls to a colleague-to-colleague “psychological first aid” program in the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins hospital system increased from a handful a week to scores, said program co-founder Dr. Albert Wu.
Fitzgerald stated that it was likely that his colleague had access to the CIA cables discussed earlier and that the colleague had passed questions to the CIA for them to pose to defendant Bin Attash.
John Leefe, a former cabinet colleague who worked with Buchanan throughout his time as premier, said he will most remember his colleague's ability to develop immediate relationships with people.
Another instance where a female colleague tells her male colleague that she didn't get a car she got an Alfa Romeo.
A CAR salesman caused a colleague to suffer severe brain damage after running him over.
According to their version of events, Mbuqe had been making pap in a pot over a fire when Kati and his colleague arrived.
According to those in the know of things, 82-year-old Antony, who currently holds the record of being the longest serving Defence Minister in the country, is deeply upset over a remark made by his junior colleague Jairam Ramesh.
A colleague of mine isn't convinced.
A colleague referred to you as the “non-problematic Alison Roman,” and you seem poised to become Gen Z’s Martha Stewart.
A colleague sent some money from GT Bank to my UBA.
Adrienne Keene, author of Native Appropriations, an online forum, who claimed to be a close friend and colleague of Hoover, tweeted that she was devastated, enraged and exhausted over the issue for the last year.
A few years ago, I had a dinner date with a former colleague and friend at Ikoyi Club Lagos.
A former officer who used police computers to stalk and harass a colleague has been jailed.
A former studio director at BBC North West Tonight is set to run the London Marathon in memory of her "dear friend and lovely colleague" Dianne Oxberry.
After all, if Meyers made that up, why should doubters believe any of the stories his colleague Amber Ruffin shared about her experiences with police brutality and racism?
Common combinations with colleague
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his colleague 23×
- colleague and 16×
- my colleague 15×
- and colleague 13×
- her colleague 13×
- colleague of 11×
- former colleague 9×
- with colleague 9×
- colleague who 7×
- colleague at 6×