friends

Example Sentences

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“So if you get to know Rae as ‘oh, she’s friends with your contractor,’ ‘Rae is friends with our nanny’ … that is your validator, and that is who they will trust.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Olivia says her friends go to their parents' houses to watch the show on Sky or just catch the limited clips on Instagram or YouTube.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

As soon as everyone silenced their phones, the hosts began to banter like two old friends.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

"If the agreements reached or to be reached by Beijing and Washington are in the interests of our Chinese friends, we can only be delighted," Sergey Lavrov told a press conference in New Delhi.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

My sixteenth birthday was on the ninth of February, 1945, a day I shall never forget, and not because I had lots of presents, or lots of friends to the house for a party.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo