befriended

Example Sentences

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They befriended the Beatles before the foursome got huge.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

While still a student, he bought a landscape painting by Philip Pearlstein and befriended the artist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

With some lyrical tweaking by Edgar Barrera — a 29-time Latin Grammy-winning songwriter, who Armenta later befriended — the revamped version, “Bebe Dame,” became an immediate sensation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Suffice it to say that, in seventh grade, Calliope found herself aligned with, taken in by, nurtured and befriended by the year’s newcomers.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides