How to Use befriend in a Sentence

befriend

verb

• He befriended the new student.
• These agents could try to befriend them and gain their trust.
  — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 15 July 2022
• My peers weren’t trying to befriend me or be kind to me.
  — J. Nailah Avery, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
• The book ends when two children befriend a new kid at school named Omad.
  — Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• Rizzo, the wannabe pimp who befriends the naïve stud known as Joe Buck (played by Jon Voight).
  — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
• Men crawl in their skin, nest in salt, and befriend darkness.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2019
• My husband would want to befriend someone and take the time needed to be with him.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2019
• Here are four tips on how to befriend the discomfort of taking a risk.
  — Yec, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• Josh meets and befriends the lovely Hannah, played by Sheila Vand.
  — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Julie befriended a woman who was homeless, then spent the night with her in the West Side Boat Basin.
  — Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
• Akers says the first scout leader to befriend and abuse him never did.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
• The best way to keep an eye on your father might be to befriend his wife, as much as possible.
  — Ask Amy, al, 25 May 2019
• The white girl who befriended her, Paula White Adams, sat a table away at the sports bar, rooting on Gauff.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 6 July 2019
• Albus befriends Scorpius and the two get up to the usual shenanigans.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• Potts befriended the teenage boys, ages 14 and 15 at the time, and invited them to stay overnight at his apartment to play video games.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2019
• It’s full of quests to complete, monsters to kill, and best of all, other players to befriend.
  — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2019
• So, bots befriend bots and then, voilà, the bot achieves general appeal.
  — Shiran Weitzman, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• The boy soon befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox.
  — Sara Merican, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
• Even before Musk befriended Trump, SpaceX had been on quite a run.
  — Andrea Murphy, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
• Seek out and befriend younger people besides your own age-mates.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
• Vanessa always had a smile or kind word for those in need and befriended all.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 28 May 2018
• Mice and chimps seem to have the scent smarts to know immediately who to befriend and who to rebuff.
  — Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 June 2022
• Most residents love to fish and those who don't make sure to befriend someone who does.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2018
• Many residents love to fish, and those who don’t make sure to befriend someone who does.
  — Mara Severin, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2021
• The two men met last fall when Lawyer joined a meditation group at the church and befriended him, Kraft said.
  — Nashelly Chavez, sacbee, 23 Feb. 2018
• Lisa died before anyone in our grade who was brave enough could befriend her.
  — Sarah Paley, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2021
• The treatment works and she is befriended by Shell founder Zoe (Kate Hudson).
  — Carole Horst, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
• This is the time when leaders need to befriend daily coaching skills to add value to their teams.
  — Edyta Kwiatkowska, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
• The man — whose face is obscured and voice changed — says Andries befriended him and took on a mentor role.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
• The duo date the same man and both befriend a pregnant local artist, Willie (Janice Rule), who becomes the third woman.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025