be friends with

Example Sentences

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Many fans discovered her via the track “new friends,” an honest and lighthearted bop about not wanting to be friends with an ex.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“I wanted to be friends with Tilly,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

We don’t have to be friends with everyone.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 27, 2025

He used to be friends with Epstein and the paper noted that being named in the files was not evidence of wrongdoing.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

“Nobody even knows you’re a magician. Everyone wants to be friends with you.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston