How to Use befriend in a Sentence

befriend

verb
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  • He befriended the new student.
  • These agents could try to befriend them and gain their trust.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • So, bots befriend bots and then, voilà, the bot achieves general appeal.
    — Shiran Weitzman, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Seek out and befriend younger people besides your own age-mates.
    — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Evert’s urge to befriend Navratilova won out over her reserve.
    — Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
  • Two geeky high school students, played by Shore and Sean Astin, befriend the caveman and teach him about high school life in the early 1990s.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Another way to befriend young people is to live with them.
    — Bruce Horowitz, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Here was this enigmatic success who could scream at his players on the court and claim to befriend them off it.
    — The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Others offer tips and tricks on how to befriend your own feathered urchin.
    — Sarah Sloat, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Cruz was the first of several Black sambistas to befriend him.
    — James Gavin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Some of them might even have a Stars Hollow-esque town commons and quirky neighbors to befriend.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 29 July 2022
  • The role of the coach is to help the client see and befriend all the parts in relation to whatever goal or intention is important to them.
    — Julie Jungalwala, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Bazille had by now befriended his hero, so his decision to highlight the peonies was a kind of homage.
    — Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • You might be invited to observe what’s in motion or to befriend a tree.
    — Dana Covit, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Peter is to befriend Noah and get in his head to dissuade him from getting locked into a rebound.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The Office, whose attempts to befriend his employees is a running gag in the series.
    — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Frank would talk with anyone and did, later befriending even his FBI tail.
    — Kc Cole, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
  • While in prison, Torres also befriends an 18-year-old inmate, who claims he was framed.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Survive a windstorm, catch poachers, and even befriend a goat!
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Oh no, these kids are hatching a crazy plan to befriend each others’ exes’ new partners.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2022
  • While three of the poltergeists insist on causing mayhem, Kat befriends Casper, a lonely child spirit.
    — Claudia Guthrie, ELLE, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Ghost-Spider, the superhero with a dancer’s grace who befriended Miles in the previous film.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • Peck was a dialogue coach who befriended him and would invite him to his house for acting lessons.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Kevin befriends Ernest, who cannot talk outside of grunts and is subject to the usual malleable rules of physics that befall ghost stories.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Orion and the Dark (2024): Elementary kid Orion, plagued by fears, befriends his greatest fear—the Dark.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Everything was going great, until the boss tried to befriend the furry guest.
    — Dale Hrabi and Kagan McLeod, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2023
  • At one camp, Yoong managed to befriend a Mong La local who was employed to cart away rubbish and persuaded her to help.
    — TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Liberate yourself from the need to impress, amuse or befriend these people.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 31 July 2023

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