How to Use befit in a Sentence

befit

verb

• She has a mind for serious inquiry, as befits a scientist.
• That makes exergue a radical act of transparency that befits this show’s ethos.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Oct. 2024
• This would be a monument befitting the greatest player ever to wear a Heat uniform, according to Riley.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
• Godino just really, really loves Beyoncé and wanted to surprise her new husband with a dress befitting the queen of everything.
  — Mark Shrayber, Cosmopolitan, 26 Mar. 2016
• With the sang froid that befits movie royalty, Slats just looked around.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 17 Apr. 2017
• With the sang froid that befits movie royalty, Slats just looked around.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 17 Apr. 2017
• On the other side, there was pure madness, befitting the Yakety Sax theme.
  — Zack Meisel, cleveland.com, 1 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
• Clanking and clunking against a group as deep and polished as UConn was a recipe befitting a school lunchroom.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
• Jeff Bezos is on a shopping spree befitting the world’s richest man.
  — Sophie Alexander, Bloomberg.com, 14 Apr. 2020
• George Clooney’s current watch of choice is truly befitting of a silver fox.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2023
• The mere presence of the bones got the living to fund and attend a burial with the pomp and circumstance befitting royalty.
  — Chip Colwell, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024