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

The writing is terrifically funny and also grounded, anecdotes filled with slapstick but no punchlines, befitting a story that includes hookups, weddings, children, a funeral and an unknowable future.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Lemore had changed out of her septa’s robes into garb more befitting the wife or daughter of a prosperous merchant.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin