Examples of befriend in a Sentence
He befriended the new student.
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In the latter versions of the story, the title character, vacationing in Hawaii with his parents, befriends a group of Native Hawaiian youth and goes on a quest that includes time travel to the ancient islands and interactions with demigods to save a sacred site from a developer.
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Andrew Dalton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
In Season One, Joe trains Cruz to befriend the daughter of a terrorist financier, infiltrate her world, and then kill her father.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
Nothing has been beyond Trump’s boorish reach, not even a Kennedy Center musical about a shark who befriends would-be prey or, briefly, the building that houses the American Red Cross.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
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The Sandlot, a coming-of-age film, centers on a boy named Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry), who befriends a group of boys playing baseball at his new neighborhood’s sandlot during the summer of 1962.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Dalton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
In Season One, Joe trains Cruz to befriend the daughter of a terrorist financier, infiltrate her world, and then kill her father.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
Nothing has been beyond Trump’s boorish reach, not even a Kennedy Center musical about a shark who befriends would-be prey or, briefly, the building that houses the American Red Cross.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
That Combines 'Lessons in Life with Lessons in Baseball' (Exclusive)
The Sandlot, a coming-of-age film, centers on a boy named Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry), who befriends a group of boys playing baseball at his new neighborhood’s sandlot during the summer of 1962.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for befriend
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/befriend. Accessed 31 Mar. 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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