Examples of befriend in a Sentence
He befriended the new student.
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Marie befriends the women in the community, gaining their trust, only to find out that another man, Samuel Bateman, is claiming to be a prophet.
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Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
There was evidence that the two men, who’d befriended Brettler weeks earlier, had assaulted him shortly before his death – though neither was charged by police, who concluded that the death was probably suicide.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
This approach involves befriending the zeros inside large AI models.
—Olivia Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2026
The Ronettes’ sexy look and powerful voices — plus songwriting and producing help from Phil Spector — turned them into one of the premier acts of the girl-group era, touring England with The Rolling Stones and befriending the Beatles.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
There was evidence that the two men, who’d befriended Brettler weeks earlier, had assaulted him shortly before his death – though neither was charged by police, who concluded that the death was probably suicide.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
This approach involves befriending the zeros inside large AI models.
—Olivia Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2026
The Ronettes’ sexy look and powerful voices — plus songwriting and producing help from Phil Spector — turned them into one of the premier acts of the girl-group era, touring England with The Rolling Stones and befriending the Beatles.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/befriend. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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befriend
verb
be·friend
bi-ˈfrend 
: to become or act as a friend to
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