How to Use befit in a Sentence

befit

verb

• She has a mind for serious inquiry, as befits a scientist.
• Nakase’s style of play befits the roster.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
• Needless to say, the essence of the track is befitting of the title.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 Dec. 2024
• With the sang froid that befits movie royalty, Slats just looked around.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 17 Apr. 2017
• And so why shouldn’t a team have jerseys befitting that status?
  — Cam Wolf, GQ, 6 June 2018
• For one, there's his unique physique, more befitting a runner of longer distances.
  — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 10 May 2026
• Black holes, befitting their name and general vibe, are hard to find and harder to study.
  — Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2018
• In the end, this is a tender tale befitting its summer trappings.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
• The response to Cousins has been even more intense, as befits his more extreme case.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 3 July 2018
• But befitting its leading duo, the new movie puts a comedic spin on the man-eating monster.
  — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
• The house now has an easy polish befitting its unfussy owner.
  — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 11 Mar. 2019
• The longest post, befitting the marathon train ride, was about the trip to China.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
• By our count, that’s four birthday parties this year, which is befitting of the legend.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2023
• Ocean blues and pearlescent whites are also befitting of the water sign.
  — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 20 June 2026
• Meat-eaters can get their fill at the many Mediterranean standouts befitting the scenery.
  — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2023
• So wear them with jeans or shorts and enjoy a jaunty walk around town, or with a feminine skirt that befits their height.
  — Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 18 May 2025
• As locations go, the spot was well befitting as an enclave for the global elite to meet and greet.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2019
• And, as befits this lively city, the bar stays open until 4 AM.
  — Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• The suites are dressed in marble bathrooms and plush furnishings befitting of a head of state.
  — Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
• No extension or metaphor befits Mother, as there is only one of her.
  — Weike Wang, New Yorker, 31 July 2025
• The Amazon founder is on a shopping spree befitting the world’s richest man.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2020
• George Clooney’s current watch of choice is truly befitting of a silver fox.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2023
• Jeff Bezos is on a shopping spree befitting the world’s richest man.
  — Sophie Alexander, Bloomberg.com, 14 Apr. 2020
• On the other side, there was pure madness, befitting the Yakety Sax theme.
  — Zack Meisel, cleveland.com, 1 June 2017
• His name was Vere Goldthwaite, and as befits any star’s romance, the versions of it are many.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• Scott called the president’s comments racist and not befitting a world leader.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019
• His idea was to build a lair that was befitting of Dracula, but in a negative space.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023
• The pulpy setup befits a paperback crime thriller but is infused with some self-aware marital satire.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
• For most people, anger comes and goes and usually befits the situation at hand.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
• And as is befitting of such a rock god, a new sound system has been installed so Nicko can let his hair down on the motorway.
  — Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018