- past tense form of become.
became
Example Sentences
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He says flooding became a serious problem after the road outside was raised about 15 years ago, leaving the school below road level.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He studied data mining, a discipline that seeks to extract hidden patterns from large data sets and later became foundational to AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Nico Iamaleava became a household name among college football fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
While S301 became trapped in the black hole's gravity, its partner star was blasted out with such force it likely left the galaxy entirely.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The weight of everyone’s attention dropped on me, the intense curiosity as they suddenly became aware of an invisible person in their midst.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
