make friends

idiom

: to become someone's friend

Sometimes it is hard for children to make new friends.

—often + with

She's very good at making friends with people from all walks of life.

Examples of make friends in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even so, most teens in schools with bans reported the policies had no effect on their happiness, academics, attention or ability to make friends. —Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026

Like the neighborhood kids playing at the community pool, also from his 1975 series, a stop-you-in-your-tracks, sincere, insightful, nostalgic slice of life from before kids were on their devices all day, kids turned loose by parents to have fun and make friends IRL. —Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026

Qu’Sha Barbee, 35, said there was never a time her son Lucas Long struggled to make friends. —Kendrick Calfee january 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2026

Mann’s hilarious Brad says to Ben, grinning nervously and clapping his hands in an attempt to make friends. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for make friends

• apprehends
• comprehends
• condescends
• dividends
• recommends
• amends
• appends
• ascends
• attends
• befriends
• boyfriends
• commends