Examples of befriend in a Sentence
He befriended the new student.
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Gustav befriends Tekla’s second husband, Adi, while they are holed up at an old seaside resort.
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Scott befriended Serafini’s wife Scott met Serafini’s wife, Erin Spohr, five years before the deadly shooting.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
Certainly, one precedent staged by an artist Orozco befriended and admired might have served as a model: Lawrence Weiner’s A 2″ WIDE 1″ DEEP TRENCH CUT ACROSS A STANDARD ONE-CAR DRIVEWAY,1968.
—Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Following a fugitive alien who befriends a lonely Hawaiian girl, Lilo & Stitch not only taps into millennial nostalgia, but has welcomed a new generation into the franchise thanks to its adorable mascot.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 June 2025
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Scott befriended Serafini’s wife Scott met Serafini’s wife, Erin Spohr, five years before the deadly shooting.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
Certainly, one precedent staged by an artist Orozco befriended and admired might have served as a model: Lawrence Weiner’s A 2″ WIDE 1″ DEEP TRENCH CUT ACROSS A STANDARD ONE-CAR DRIVEWAY,1968.
—Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Following a fugitive alien who befriends a lonely Hawaiian girl, Lilo & Stitch not only taps into millennial nostalgia, but has welcomed a new generation into the franchise thanks to its adorable mascot.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 June 2025
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/befriend. Accessed 14 Jun. 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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