friend of a friend

Example Sentences

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I know a woman, a friend of a friend, who went into credit card debt for an abortion.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

It wasn’t long before they “bumped heads” with Pharrell, who was a friend of a friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

I’d charged my customer $100, which was low considering all the work that went into them, but she is a friend of a friend and a teacher.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

“A friend of a friend was stunned to find out that Jessica is a modern artist,” Matt McDermott, Pratt’s partner and collaborator, said over the phone.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2024

In 1951, long before James Watson would become a household name around the world, the novelist Doris Lessing took a three-hour walk with the young Watson, whom she knew through a friend of a friend.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee