Examples of befriend in a Sentence
He befriended the new student.
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That challenge fell to Carlo Rambaldi, the Oscar-winning visual effects wiz and animatronics pioneer behind the extraterrestrial who’s stranded on Earth and befriends a boy and his family.
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Leslie Katz, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Using his advanced age to good use, De Niro is a charmer playing the genial, friendly grandpa front Hale uses to befriend the Osage and ingratiate himself into their community.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
The original 1937 film, based on the famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, follows the story of a princess named Snow White, who flees into the forest to escape her evil stepmother and befriends seven dwarf miners: Sleepy, Dopey, Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, Bashful, and Happy.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Specifically, Glucksmann was referring to President Trump’s decision to befriend Russian President Vladimir Putin and his recent Oval Office spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
—Jade Walker, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
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Leslie Katz, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Using his advanced age to good use, De Niro is a charmer playing the genial, friendly grandpa front Hale uses to befriend the Osage and ingratiate himself into their community.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
The original 1937 film, based on the famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, follows the story of a princess named Snow White, who flees into the forest to escape her evil stepmother and befriends seven dwarf miners: Sleepy, Dopey, Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, Bashful, and Happy.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Specifically, Glucksmann was referring to President Trump’s decision to befriend Russian President Vladimir Putin and his recent Oval Office spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
—Jade Walker, CNN, 19 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 3 Apr. 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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