befitting
Example Sentences
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In front of a packed crowd, the 39-year-old delivered a performance befitting his reputation.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Though most men arrived in dark suits befitting the “business formal” dress code, a handful appeared to have wandered in from golf.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
“The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” Paul McCartney’s twenty-seventh post-Beatles studio album, is the portrait of an artist in his twilight, a rich assortment of storytelling and nostalgia befitting the world’s greatest living songwriter.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
LaGuardia Airport was famously described as befitting a Third World country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Sometime this morning, while Fahim and Shomari were moved to the larger and nicer chambers befitting anointed Sons of the Six, he'd be moved to...he realized he wasn’t sure.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
