Examples of befriend in a Sentence
He befriended the new student.
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Despite the difficulties of running a school in a war zone, ANIM created a space in Afghanistan where kids could befriend teachers from all over the world and earn the chance to leave later on.
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Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Monroe takes a supporting role in Greta, Neil Jordan’s psychological horror film about a young woman (Chloë Grace Moretz) who befriends a mysterious older woman (Isabelle Huppert in the title role) and soon finds she’s accidentally bonded with a monster.
—Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Vaccarello has also worked with and befriended the American actors who excite him, such as Zoë Kravitz, Sevigny, and Gwyneth Paltrow, along with young models like Hailey Bieber and veterans like Frankie Rayder.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Rivers later expanded to bass and guitar and befriended the band's future frontman, Durst.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
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Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Monroe takes a supporting role in Greta, Neil Jordan’s psychological horror film about a young woman (Chloë Grace Moretz) who befriends a mysterious older woman (Isabelle Huppert in the title role) and soon finds she’s accidentally bonded with a monster.
—Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Vaccarello has also worked with and befriended the American actors who excite him, such as Zoë Kravitz, Sevigny, and Gwyneth Paltrow, along with young models like Hailey Bieber and veterans like Frankie Rayder.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Rivers later expanded to bass and guitar and befriended the band's future frontman, Durst.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/befriend. Accessed 29 Oct. 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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