befriend
Example Sentences
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He immersed himself in the natural world and befriended the pioneering German environmentalist, Alexander von Humboldt.
From Los Angeles Times
Cathy befriends young Heathcliff after her rich, alcoholic father brings him to live and work as a servant on their estate perched atop the windy English moors.
From Salon
As an undergraduate at Cambridge, the young Martin befriended the aristocratic Ben Fitzmaurice.
He shuddered to think that he’d once wanted to catch one and befriend it.
From Literature
In a similar leap, Jimmy and Alice forgive and befriend Goldstein’s Louis, the man who crashed his car into Tia’s and killed her.
From Salon
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