befriended

Example Sentences

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A friend of mine befriended a homeless man and took him in.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

After our visit to Adat Reyim, an inclusive, independent synagogue in Springfield, Virginia, I befriended its spiritual leader, Rabbi Bruce Aft.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

They befriended the Beatles before the foursome got huge.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

While still a student, he bought a landscape painting by Philip Pearlstein and befriended the artist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The owner of Boston’s largest commercial construction company, Tom White, for whom Zanmi Lasante’s tuberculosis hospital had been named, had befriended Farmer from the start and ultimately gave several million dollars to PIH.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French