be friends with

Example Sentences

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“I wanted to be friends with Tilly,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

I thought, “Oh, wow, I think I’m gonna be friends with this guy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

We don’t have to be friends with everyone.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 27, 2025

“A lot of the men that I got to be friends with would just pass away, and I wouldn’t even find out until I’d got to the meetings,” she said.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

“It’s not that no one wants to be friends with her, Sparrow.”

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon