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to become a friend to (someone)
He befriended the new student.
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Recent Examples of befriends
Childers sets out to start a new life in a small town and befriends a young boy and his mother.
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Ashley Hume, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
The narrator befriends a quietly intense boy who spends his days reading in the (real-world) library.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Paul Giamatti stars as a curmudgeonly teacher stuck at school for winter break who befriends and bonds with a rebellious student (newcomer Dominic Sessa) and a grieving head cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who won an Oscar for the role).
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Bialik will play a heightened version of herself who turns up as a defendant and befriends Rauch’s Judge Abby Stone.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024
In his attempts to escape the bustling city, Moon befriends a lost little girl named Luna.
—EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Williams starred opposite young actress Violet McGraw as her orphaned niece who befriends the titular high-tech BFF that soon turns lethal.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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
When Ronja befriends the young boy Birk from a rival gang of robbers, a vicious family feud ignites.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
Ashley Hume, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
The narrator befriends a quietly intense boy who spends his days reading in the (real-world) library.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Paul Giamatti stars as a curmudgeonly teacher stuck at school for winter break who befriends and bonds with a rebellious student (newcomer Dominic Sessa) and a grieving head cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who won an Oscar for the role).
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Bialik will play a heightened version of herself who turns up as a defendant and befriends Rauch’s Judge Abby Stone.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024
In his attempts to escape the bustling city, Moon befriends a lost little girl named Luna.
—EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Williams starred opposite young actress Violet McGraw as her orphaned niece who befriends the titular high-tech BFF that soon turns lethal.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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
When Ronja befriends the young boy Birk from a rival gang of robbers, a vicious family feud ignites.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Befriends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/befriends. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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