How to Use befit in a Sentence

befit

verb

• She has a mind for serious inquiry, as befits a scientist.
• On the other side, there was pure madness, befitting the Yakety Sax theme.
  — Zack Meisel, cleveland.com, 1 June 2017
• Guitarist Neal Schon appeared in a snake skin jacket and guitar strap that befit his tightly coiling riffs.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 10 June 2017
• Befitting the resplendent resort, its offerings to the public are limited — and come at a price.
  — Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 June 2017
• The setup was beautiful, and the craftsmanship of how the whole wall turned out was befitting a Heisman Trophy winner.
  — Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
• The typical Sondheim rat-a-tat musical style isn’t present here, as characters’ songs befit the popular music from their own eras.
  — Kate Miller, kansascity.com, 22 May 2017
• Competing at ages once befitting the senior tour, Nadal and Federer are one-two in ranking points for 2017.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 30 June 2017
• Yet Tanaka has gone 44-20 for the Yankees, befitting his status of ace, even if wins and losses can be misleading for pitchers.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 26 May 2017
• Fishing is great from the bank, so in a fashion befitting Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn, folks can throw their line in the water, lean back and relax.
  — Rick Mauch, star-telegram.com, 13 June 2017
• His name was Vere Goldthwaite, and as befits any star’s romance, the versions of it are many.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• Meat-eaters can get their fill at the many Mediterranean standouts befitting the scenery.
  — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2023
• The response to Cousins has been even more intense, as befits his more extreme case.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 3 July 2018
• Herrmann’s was the loudest blast in a game that befit the two teams who entered Tuesday with the most home runs in the majors since May 13.
  — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2019
• The Amazon founder is on a shopping spree befitting the world’s richest man.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2020
• Tuesday neared 100 degrees here, for some the type of weather befitting a cold lager or a glass of rosé with an ice cube.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 30 July 2024
• As locations go, the spot was well befitting as an enclave for the global elite to meet and greet.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2019
• And the Democrats, in an odd narrative twist that befits the Trump era, can thank Garland for making it a no-brainer.
  — Gregory Krieg, CNN, 4 Nov. 2017
• His early years were filled with barbeque and cookouts as is befitting for the Lone Star State.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2019
• Black holes, befitting their name and general vibe, are hard to find and harder to study.
  — Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2018
• By our count, that’s four birthday parties this year, which is befitting of the legend.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2023
• And so why shouldn’t a team have jerseys befitting that status?
  — Cam Wolf, GQ, 6 June 2018
• Instead of a cage match, there was a baseball game befitting the two best teams in baseball in the formative months of the season.
  — New York Times, 8 May 2018
• In the end, this is a tender tale befitting its summer trappings.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
• This morning, she was spotted walking around the streets in the City of Light, and her sleek outfit was befitting of a top model.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2023
• The performance befits the song’s melancholy tone – Billie with a simple piano in front of a sign of her name (in the Barbie font).
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2023
• His idea was to build a lair that was befitting of Dracula, but in a negative space.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023
• And as is befitting of such a rock god, a new sound system has been installed so Nicko can let his hair down on the motorway.
  — Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018
• Dressed in a satiny floral suit, Grace joined hands with Campbell, who wore a gauzy black dress befitting a punk rocker’s bride.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
• But Ward is clearly his own player, with a style befitting his personality.
  — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2024
• That premise might seem to set up a rather straightforward movie, but Tjahjanto’s indulgent streak forbids him from taking the shortest path to his story’s logical conclusion (an approach befitting a movie that has no logic or conclusion).
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024