How to Use befriend in a Sentence

befriend

verb

• He befriended the new student.
• These agents could try to befriend them and gain their trust.
  — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 15 July 2022
• My peers weren’t trying to befriend me or be kind to me.
  — J. Nailah Avery, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
• The book ends when two children befriend a new kid at school named Omad.
  — Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• Rizzo, the wannabe pimp who befriends the naïve stud known as Joe Buck (played by Jon Voight).
  — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
• Men crawl in their skin, nest in salt, and befriend darkness.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2019
• In those years, Lum has befriended most of the owners of the major sports teams.
  — Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2017
• My husband would want to befriend someone and take the time needed to be with him.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2019
• Here are four tips on how to befriend the discomfort of taking a risk.
  — Yec, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• Josh meets and befriends the lovely Hannah, played by Sheila Vand.
  — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Julie befriended a woman who was homeless, then spent the night with her in the West Side Boat Basin.
  — Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
• Akers says the first scout leader to befriend and abuse him never did.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
• Akers says the first scout leader to befriend and abuse him never did.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
• Akers says the first scout leader to befriend and abuse him never did.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2020
• Akers says the first scout leader to befriend and abuse him never did.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
• Through Warhol and others in the downtown scene, Mr. Shore befriended artists in many fields.
  — Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2017
• The best way to keep an eye on your father might be to befriend his wife, as much as possible.
  — Ask Amy, al, 25 May 2019
• The white girl who befriended her, Paula White Adams, sat a table away at the sports bar, rooting on Gauff.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 6 July 2019
• Albus befriends Scorpius and the two get up to the usual shenanigans.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• Potts befriended the teenage boys, ages 14 and 15 at the time, and invited them to stay overnight at his apartment to play video games.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2019
• It’s full of quests to complete, monsters to kill, and best of all, other players to befriend.
  — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2019
• So, bots befriend bots and then, voilà, the bot achieves general appeal.
  — Shiran Weitzman, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• The boy soon befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox.
  — Sara Merican, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
• Even before Musk befriended Trump, SpaceX had been on quite a run.
  — Andrea Murphy, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
• Seek out and befriend younger people besides your own age-mates.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
• Vanessa always had a smile or kind word for those in need and befriended all.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 28 May 2018
• Mice and chimps seem to have the scent smarts to know immediately who to befriend and who to rebuff.
  — Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 June 2022
• Most residents love to fish and those who don't make sure to befriend someone who does.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2018
• Lucia befriends young Josephine (Robyn Betteridge) and goes to her house for a playdate.
  — Meg Walters, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025
• Their friends are scattered to the winds, in cities all over the world—a byproduct of growing up on film sets and befriending other actors and crew members.
  — Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025