befriended

Example Sentences

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It was at the foundation that she befriended Boris Nikolic, a Harvard-trained immunologist who was Gates’s chief science adviser.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 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

“I think he does it to surprise himself,” says his “Normal” co-star Henry Winkler, who befriended the actor years ago when they met at a taping of “Late Night With Seth Meyers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

But one officer, Captain Jerry Denny, quietly befriended her.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge