How to Use befriend in a Sentence

befriend

verb

• He befriended the new student.
• On the other hand, these inmates will try to befriend them to get special favors, Levine added.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2019
• At a club, she was befriended by a young woman about her same age, Natalya Maleshev.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 22 Sep. 2019
• Two of Gleed’s victims claimed in lawsuits that Gleed befriended them and listened to them talk about their troubles at home or at school.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2019
• But Anderson also witnessed — and even befriended — some of the stars who entered the Hall of Fame in years past.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2024
• McClellan-Wise had befriended the mothers of the children who died at the hospital.
  — Elizabeth Zavala, ExpressNews.com, 9 Sep. 2019
• Moon befriends a lost girl named Luna in his attempts to escape the bustling city (including flying chases and dashing through the subway).
  — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
• Wily, glib and politically slick Odysseus wants Neoptolemus to befriend Philoctetes and, when his guard is down, steal the bow.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2019
• Also: Why can’t Christians test their faith by befriending the enemy instead of hating or avoiding him?
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2019
• My business in life has been for the past 33 years to enlist the friendship of the whole of humanity by befriending mankind, irrespective of race, colour or creed.
  — Tridip Suhrud, Time, 25 Sep. 2019
• According to her father, Peggy is getting by behind bars, taking classes and befriending fellow inmates.
  — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• Influential art dealer Leo Castelli befriended him early on.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2019
• The former altar boy acknowledged the challenges prosecutors will face given how much time has passed since Brignac first befriended him in 1978.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
• These agents could try to befriend them and gain their trust.
  — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 15 July 2022
• My peers weren’t trying to befriend me or be kind to me.
  — J. Nailah Avery, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
• The book ends when two children befriend a new kid at school named Omad.
  — Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• Men crawl in their skin, nest in salt, and befriend darkness.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2019
• Here are four tips on how to befriend the discomfort of taking a risk.
  — Yec, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• Julie befriended a woman who was homeless, then spent the night with her in the West Side Boat Basin.
  — Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
• Akers says the first scout leader to befriend and abuse him never did.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
• Potts befriended the teenage boys, ages 14 and 15 at the time, and invited them to stay overnight at his apartment to play video games.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2019
• It’s full of quests to complete, monsters to kill, and best of all, other players to befriend.
  — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2019
• So, bots befriend bots and then, voilà, the bot achieves general appeal.
  — Shiran Weitzman, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• The boy soon befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox.
  — Sara Merican, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
• Seek out and befriend younger people besides your own age-mates.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
• Mice and chimps seem to have the scent smarts to know immediately who to befriend and who to rebuff.
  — Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 June 2022
• Many residents love to fish, and those who don’t make sure to befriend someone who does.
  — Mara Severin, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2021
• Lisa died before anyone in our grade who was brave enough could befriend her.
  — Sarah Paley, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2021
• The treatment works and she is befriended by Shell founder Zoe (Kate Hudson).
  — Carole Horst, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
• This is the time when leaders need to befriend daily coaching skills to add value to their teams.
  — Edyta Kwiatkowska, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024