be friends
Example Sentences
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Both women would prefer to be friends: a tale as old as time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
But later we got to be friends and have a beer together.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
They say they want to be friends with a wide range of international partners and see no reason why such relationships should be exclusive.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
“You can be friends with people in the government,” she says, “but you remember, and they remember, that the paper comes first.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
I don’t know why her boyfriend thought Calista would want to be friends with an empty tin can, but anyway, he was probably right.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff