be friends

Example Sentences

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“And I said, ‘Well, you know, we’ll always be friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

And there’s adult blame when the kids fight or decide they don’t want to be friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The court heard in bodyworn footage, the woman can be heard telling officers: "It was like jealousy, controlling of like who I can be friends with."

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

“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

“We really will be friends forever now, right?” he asked.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix