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Examples of befriend in a Sentence
He befriended the new student.
Recent Examples of befriend from the Web
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Despite Mr. Trump's very public attempts to befriend President Xi Jinping -- including at his Mar-a-Lago resort -- Beijing remains strongly opposed to action that would destabilize Kim Jong Un's regime.
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Another of Cohn’s tactics was to befriend the town’s top gossip columnists, such as Leonard Lyons and George Sokolsky, who would bring Cohn to the Stork Club.
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Angie comes to befriend a neighborhood pair in their early 20s who are in the habit of hanging out on the house’s lawn.
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Thulin, who no longer is employed at the library, allegedly befriended the girl and her family about a year ago, according to prosecutors.
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Bell soon befriended the Cheathams, who introduced her to many local and visiting jazz artists.
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One rampant problem is the unsolicited online messages that women receive on social media from men who try to befriend or control them.
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THE HUMAN CAST Mark Wahlberg returns as Cade Yeager, a Texas inventor who befriends the Transformers.
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William Lewis, Royce’s father, had befriended Hunter during his five-year stint with the Los Angeles Angels.
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First Known Use of befriend
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BEFRIEND Defined for English Language Learners
befriend
playDefinition of befriend for English Language Learners
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: to become a friend to (someone)
BEFRIEND Defined for Kids
befriend
playDefinition of befriend for Students
befriended
;befriending
: to act as a friend to We befriended the new student.
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