befriended

verb

past tense of befriend
as in joined
to become a friend to (someone) He befriended the new student.

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Recent Examples of befriended Indeed, the movie opens with Ed quizzing an older Greek man he’s befriended on the Belgian designer Ann Demeulemeester, before berating him for confusing his Bottega Veneta loafers for Sebago. — CNN Money, 17 July 2026 The rapper personally befriended Hamilton and invited him to the family’s Easter celebration in 2015. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026 Ambivalent about leaving Wisconsin, Caroline is befriended by the officious Jemma James (Mary Holland), whose husband, Eli (Michael Hough), is a railroad man. — Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026 Then Susan went to the Philadelphia College of Art and met Jade Lee, while Ted studied at New York City’s School of Visual Arts and befriended Lauren Roselli. — David Chiu, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026 Martin, who died in 1995 at age 78, befriended Humperdinck as his career was taking off. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026 An Illinois native, Day moved to Minneapolis as a youth and befriended Prince in high school. — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 8 June 2026 Liu has since befriended other actors who have voiced their support for Palestine, including Hannah Einbinder and Melissa Barrera. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 2 June 2026 In the ensuing panic, Jesus (Bilal Hasna) wanders off down to Earth and is befriended by a former street hustler named Harry the Fish (Mark Addy). — ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for befriended
  1. joined
  2. traveled
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  • Guzman was also one of the last remaining cabinet members who joined Johnson’s administration at the start of his term.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Cole joined the group but later confessed everything to Kacie, who laughed it off, allowing the couple to move past the incident before their wedding.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of joined
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  • This year's primary also could test the growing clout of democratic socialists, who have traveled from across the country to help campaign for Bush.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The first week of August, Popliger traveled to Los Angeles to visit two camp friends, one with Gaucher disease and another with nemaline myopathy.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of traveled

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