befriended

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Befriended by Sam Lay, the drummer responsible for making those great early Paul Butterfield sides even greater, he quickly built up a reputation for being a pretty nifty drummer himself.

From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2013

Befriended by such comics artists as R. Crumb, Pekar starts turning out stories for them to illustrate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ellsworth fell, And Jackson perished 'mid the pack of wolves, Befriended only by his own great heart And God approving.

From War Poetry of the South by Various

Befriended by the Earl of Dorset he proceeded to Camb., and while there wrote, jointly with Charles Montague, The Town and Country Mouse, a burlesque of Dryden's Hind and Panther.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)

Kassandra cast Her mantle o'er her head, and with slow feet Entered her shrine deserted, there to greet Her fate when it should come; and merciful Sleep Befriended her.

From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Hewlett, Maurice Henry