befriended
Example Sentences
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A friend of mine befriended a homeless man and took him in.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
His family moved from the Southeast part of Washington DC when Armstrong was young and later settled in a largely white neighbourhood in Maryland, where he befriended a soccer coach's son.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
After our visit to Adat Reyim, an inclusive, independent synagogue in Springfield, Virginia, I befriended its spiritual leader, Rabbi Bruce Aft.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
Her life is saved by one of the crows that she has befriended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The owner of Boston’s largest commercial construction company, Tom White, for whom Zanmi Lasante’s tuberculosis hospital had been named, had befriended Farmer from the start and ultimately gave several million dollars to PIH.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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