How to Use become in a Sentence

become

verb

• The crackers had become stale.
• The book has become quite popular.
• It eventually became clear that he had lied.
• This kind of behavior hardly becomes a person of your age and position.
• She won the election, becoming the first woman to be President of the nation.
• We became interested in the property last year.
• Although I've known him for years, we didn't become close friends until recently.
• The song rises 4-1 to become the first champ of the year on the multi-metric ranking.
  — Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2024
• Kathie Lee became known for her candor as a parent in the public eye.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• After a whirlwind romance that grew out of a friendship, the couple became engaged by the end of the year.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
• He's become good at jailhouse lawyering, and there's little else to do with his time.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024
• Weiss became involved in settlement politics in the wake of the 1967 war.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
• At no point did the men become violent, but the students had to hold the door shut as one of them attempted to get into the room.
  — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023
• Rock has become a very obscure kind of label to call something.
  — Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2023
• Prince Harry’s book, Spare, broke records and became the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• In recent years, Yudkowsky has become a subject of ridicule to many tech movers and shakers.
  — Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
• On December 5, the homage is about to become way more authentic.
  — Kelly Boutsalis, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
• The thousand-yard stare in her eyes is in danger of becoming permanent.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
• Many of his pictures are of witty moments when an object or a scene seems to become something else.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• Nobody knows what became of these texts—with a few exceptions.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
• Simple, homemade bourbon Bloody Marys are set to become your new house drink (and cure any Sunday blues).
  — Emily Nabors Hall, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2023
• Moric Fürst opened his atelier in Turin, Italy, in the 1850s, becoming a leading jeweler for the Savoyard court.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
• So that is the norm, both descriptive, and because so many people do it, it's become injunctive.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
• Such regret has become a familiar feeling for the Dodgers (39-31) .
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
• As with space—increasingly a playground for the likes of Bezos, Branson and Musk—the ocean has become the habitat of the ultrawealthy.
  — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 20 June 2023
• This is where the whimsy of Wicked Little Letters starts to become slightly too overwhelming, and threatens to tip the tonal balance over.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
• Butternut squash slices become caramelized and sweet when roasting.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2023
• The superstar becomes the first Black woman ever to have led the list, which began in January 1964.
  — Jim Asker, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2024
• Grimler said becoming homeless has been a transition for all three of them.
  — Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2023
• The fact is many of the kids on these shows are put in the untenable position of becoming the breadwinner for their family and the pressure that comes along with that.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 May 2024