friend

Example Sentences

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The goalposts change if, say, you randomly asked your friend to pick lottery numbers and you won $1 million.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Her best friend, Max, who was unofficially adopted by Suzanna’s parents and is shellacked in cynicism as played by the excellent Alden Ehrenreich, exhorts her to pull herself together and face her “big girl problems.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Sophie's friend had flagged the "taxi" after a night out in Glasgow.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

He dropped Jessica off with a friend while he and others went out to search the streets of Arlington.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Did he think I’d asked her to come—left my post and rushed to ring up my movie-star friend so she could watch me march around in bathing suits?

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu