befitting

Example Sentences

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"We want to build a stadium that's befitting of our past, but also fit for the future."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Composer Bernard Herrmann’s score, his last, is alternately mellow and roiling, befitting its placid but simmering antihero.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

It feels as though the players are not being treated in a manner befitting national team members.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

He had previously said the comments were "not befitting of someone as educated as myself and were said in the heat of the emotion".

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

The teacher, Mrs. Spektor, had a name befitting her appearance.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros