Examples of befriend in a Sentence
He befriended the new student.
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The film follows a young Hawaiian girl named Lilo (Maia Kealoha) who befriends an unidentified blue alien who crash lands onto Earth from space.
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Leia Mendoza, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
The men befriended people who appeared to be intoxicated before stealing their property and beating them, police said.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The show also stars Wendell Pierce as the NYPD captain overseeing Elsbeth, and Carra Patterson plays an NYPD officer who befriends Elsbeth.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Like Lisa Del Dotto, who befriended Irish actor and filmmaker Pierce Brosnan in 2017 and years later got personally invited, alongside her boyfriend, to his SXSW screenings.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Leia Mendoza, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
The men befriended people who appeared to be intoxicated before stealing their property and beating them, police said.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The show also stars Wendell Pierce as the NYPD captain overseeing Elsbeth, and Carra Patterson plays an NYPD officer who befriends Elsbeth.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Like Lisa Del Dotto, who befriended Irish actor and filmmaker Pierce Brosnan in 2017 and years later got personally invited, alongside her boyfriend, to his SXSW screenings.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/befriend. Accessed 15 Aug. 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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