How to Use fraternize in a Sentence

fraternize

verb
  • It is usually unwise to fraternize with your employees.
  • Don’t fraternize with any of those bugs en route home except for the Hornet.
    — Houston Chronicle, 21 July 2019
  • Bunnies, who lived in dorms on the property, could not fraternize with the guests and guests could not touch them.
    — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2019
  • Bunnies, who lived in dorms on the property, could not fraternize with the guests and guests could not touch them.
    — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2019
  • The biggest rule was that we weren't allowed to fraternize with the football players.
    — Anonymous, Cosmopolitan, 20 Nov. 2015
  • And the players would go up there, fraternize with the owners and customers, and Buddy Parker did not want that.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2017
  • He will still be permitted to walk onto the House floor and fraternize with members.
    — Kevin Freking The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Known to fraternize with people at the edge of the water, Old Ben often begged for food and was said to be recognizable by the white spot and bump on his head.
    — oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2021
  • At the mountain camp, Maple fraternized with German prisoners of war and hatched an escape plan.
    — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2017
  • Tam is concerned a group her daughter had been fraternizing with may be involved.
    — Max Londberg, kansascity.com, 30 May 2017
  • Ending the rule that says cheerleaders are not allowed to fraternize with players.
    — Molly Knight, Marie Claire, 1 May 2018
  • Ending the rule that says cheerleaders are not allowed to fraternize with players.
    — Molly Knight, Marie Claire, 1 May 2018
  • The meeting was covert; fraternizing with the enemy was not allowed.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2024
  • For many in the West, the idea of generals and admirals fraternizing with chief executives and other elites is the stuff of nightmares.
    — Elisabeth Braw, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2019
  • This was, in fact, the first time that a young, semiunderground, and, by all accounts, cool designer has ever stepped in front of a Bravo TV camera to fraternize with the Housewives.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2019
  • This was, in fact, the first time that a young, semiunderground, and, by all accounts, cool designer has ever stepped in front of a Bravo TV camera to fraternize with the Housewives.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2019
  • And Hamas, like the Nazis, saw anyone fraternizing with Jews as Jews by association.
    — Leo Pearlman, Variety, 27 Jan. 2024
  • On the one hand, the studio was a rare haven for interracial collaboration, especially in the South where Blacks and whites rarely fraternized publicly in the late '50s.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
  • In his unit, the officers aren’t saddled by rules against fraternizing with prisoners.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • At the Playboy Clubs, jackets were required in the dining room, and fraternizing with the bunnies was strictly prohibited.
    — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2018
  • At the Playboy Clubs, jackets were required in the dining room, and fraternizing with the bunnies was strictly prohibited.
    — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Traveling far to fraternize might have cost too much energy.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
  • The Vain founders spent time fraternizing around another monument, the glowing M of the local McDonald’s sign.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Lee strikes out in his initial attempts to connect, but Eugene gradually starts fraternizing with him at bars.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Last month’s unprecedented cease-fire by both sides had offered a rare glimpse of peace for Afghans during which militants fraternized with members of the security forces.
    — Rahim Faiez, The Seattle Times, 17 July 2018
  • Last month’s unprecedented cease-fire by both sides had offered a rare glimpse of peace for Afghans during which militants fraternized with members of the security forces.
    — Rahim Faiez, The Seattle Times, 17 July 2018
  • That’s a pretty damning critique, which must be in some way inspired by Strickland’s own experience with such institutions, where wealthy patrons get to fraternize with the artists.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Hollywood A-listers followed the bulls in Spain and fraternized with matadors like Dominguín, an international celebrity in his own right.
    — Fortunato Salazar, Marie Claire, 13 Mar. 2017
  • Capers allegedly fraternized with one of the women during that period, too.
    — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Capers allegedly fraternized with one of the women during that period, too.
    — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Apr. 2018

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