Examples of befriend in a Sentence
He befriended the new student.
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Youssef Hafyane smiles and befriends new people as well as enjoying old friends.
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Kelly Wilkinson, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
His lack of fear gave him the ability to befriend anyone and try anything.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Dec. 2025
The combat is simple, and the story’s full of humor and surprises, with plenty of charming NPCs to befriend or romance.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
In the final decade of his life, Goethe was befriended by Johann Peter Eckermann, a young literary critic, who visited Weimar regularly and transcribed his conversations with the older man.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Kelly Wilkinson, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
His lack of fear gave him the ability to befriend anyone and try anything.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Dec. 2025
The combat is simple, and the story’s full of humor and surprises, with plenty of charming NPCs to befriend or romance.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
In the final decade of his life, Goethe was befriended by Johann Peter Eckermann, a young literary critic, who visited Weimar regularly and transcribed his conversations with the older man.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/befriend. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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befriend
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be·friend
bi-ˈfrend 
: to become or act as a friend to
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