be friends with
Example Sentences
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“You can be friends with people in the government,” she says, “but you remember, and they remember, that the paper comes first.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
“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
"We need to have good relations with all. It means we shouldn't be friends with someone against another," he argues.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
“So to be friends with them, you can’t be friends with me.”
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
