How to Use become in a Sentence

become

verb

• The crackers had become stale.
• The book has become quite popular.
• It eventually became clear that he had lied.
• This kind of behavior hardly becomes a person of your age and position.
• She won the election, becoming the first woman to be President of the nation.
• We became interested in the property last year.
• Although I've known him for years, we didn't become close friends until recently.
• Smith is set to become an unrestricted free agent when the new league year begins in March.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2023
• Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are about to become a family of four!
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2023
• Fees started as a way to bundle services resorts say travelers want, and have become big business for hotels of all types.
  — Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2023
• Hadland said opioids have become a much bigger problem for his pediatric patients.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
• But for years, Barcena struggled to become pregnant because of a thyroid disorder.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2023
• Roughly 80 people were pulled in to work on the project, which had quickly become priority number one at the company.
  — Zoe Schiffer, The Verge, 15 Feb. 2023
• The title is also a riff on the Simon and Garfunkel song ‘Sound of Silence’ that itself has become meme-ified.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
• His father, once skeptical, became his biggest supporter, setting academic and athletic benchmarks that Zeghdar rose to meet.
  — Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
• Spring sees the snow melt into the rivers and the trout start to become active.
  — Michael Williams, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2024
• Over the next ten days or so, Sonny and I hung out and became friends.
  — Cher, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
• This past June, San Jose became the first city to move forward since it was passed in 2023.
  — Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
• McDaniels departed in 2022 to become the head coach of the Raiders.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 23 Mar. 2023
• The song rises 4-1 to become the first champ of the year on the multi-metric ranking.
  — Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2024
• How will that play out in an era when school choice has become a GOP litmus test?
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Mar. 2023
• Sephardic eggs are slow-cooked so that whites become a creamy brown color.
  — Ethel G. Hofman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
• The bathroom has become one of the least safe places on campus, students in the county say.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2023
• Kathie Lee became known for her candor as a parent in the public eye.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• Forget it: one night of poor sleep and most guys over 40 become zombies.
  — Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health, 13 May 2023
• May might become the first man to compete in artistic swimming at an Olympics.
  — Howard Fendrich, The Denver Post, 7 June 2024
• After a whirlwind romance that grew out of a friendship, the couple became engaged by the end of the year.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
• The slimmer walkways jammed up when the 2024 event became crowded.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
• He's become good at jailhouse lawyering, and there's little else to do with his time.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024
• The handy heat alert system means the red button on the shade turns white should the car become dangerously hot.
  — Tanya Edwards, Parents, 1 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024