befriend

Example Sentences

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“They befriend you and say all the right things to get to you,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Dr. Kelson is so lonely that he’s begun to befriend one of those spine-ripping alphas, whom he calls Samson.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

Ninety-five percent said they would help peers who were feeling down, and nearly 90% wanted to befriend students they didn’t know.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

One method, Friend A recalls, was simple: Agnes would befriend someone who offered to buy her a drink, then quietly ask the bartender to skip the drink and hand her the cash instead.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

If we had one, I could befriend an actor or two, and get them to keep training me on the sly.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins