befriended

Example Sentences

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They befriended the Beatles before the foursome got huge.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

After 2002, Orbán befriended Árpád Habony, a martial arts instructor and businessman, as his personal guru.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

He signed the Articles of Confederation in 1777, befriended Hamilton, and served as his top Treasury assistant.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

A Guatemalan-born musician himself, Issac befriended Moreno in 2013.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The way she’d befriended me, all the questions she had about rootwork...she’d only been trying to get at me, at my magic.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce