Examples of befriend in a Sentence
He befriended the new student.
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There, Li befriends Mia (Sadie Stanley) and her father, Victor (Joshua Jackson), who run a pizza joint and have run afoul of a loan shark, O’Shea (Tim Rozon), who also happens to run a mixed martial-arts gym.
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Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
There’s some droll humor in this pileup of bad decisions and bad behavior — particularly in one running gag that sees Carey doggedly befriending Ashley’s parade of exes, including one hilariously gormless f-boy played by drawling ensemble standout Charlie Gillespie.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 May 2025
Of course the new kids immediately befriend the local outcasts, awkward nerd Marcel (Nicolas Cantu) and not-so-bad-boy Curtis (Uriah Shelton), and run afoul of the popular crowd, led by a Porsche-driving bully named Harris (Josh Macqueen).
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
The royal couple heard speeches and watched a film before presenting awards — the King presenting the Mark Shand Award and Queen Camilla giving the Tara Award, named after an elephant befriended by her brother.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 14 May 2025
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Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
There’s some droll humor in this pileup of bad decisions and bad behavior — particularly in one running gag that sees Carey doggedly befriending Ashley’s parade of exes, including one hilariously gormless f-boy played by drawling ensemble standout Charlie Gillespie.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 May 2025
Of course the new kids immediately befriend the local outcasts, awkward nerd Marcel (Nicolas Cantu) and not-so-bad-boy Curtis (Uriah Shelton), and run afoul of the popular crowd, led by a Porsche-driving bully named Harris (Josh Macqueen).
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
The royal couple heard speeches and watched a film before presenting awards — the King presenting the Mark Shand Award and Queen Camilla giving the Tara Award, named after an elephant befriended by her brother.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 14 May 2025
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/befriend. Accessed 3 Jun. 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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