Example Sentences

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He had rather guessed the Laphams would side with the Tories, but this was fraternizing with the troops at a great rate.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

While Claude was doing the honors of hospitality to the guests aft, the crew of the Parson was fraternizing with the seamen of the wrecked Arethuse, forward.

From The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia by De Mille, James

Though a little exhilarated, he was not quite blind to the character of the man with whom he was fraternizing, and had too much real refinement to enjoy his coarseness.

From The Young Miner or Tom Nelson in California by Alger, Horatio

He was no longer in the cutter, and the officer concluded that he had taken to the long key, and was fraternizing with the renegades who had deserted the Reindeer.

From Fighting for the Right by Shute, A. B.

He was fraternizing effusively with the captain of the Lushkar team, who was wondering how many of Dirkovitch's Cossacks his own long, lathy down-countrymen could account for in a fair charge.

From Short-Stories by Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne