befitting

Example Sentences

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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

And with drama befitting their modern-day Hollywood association.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

“I have determined a punishment befitting his disappointing behavior.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia