befriended
Example Sentences
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Irish actor Brenda Fricker, who won an Oscar for her role in “My Left Foot” and whose Pigeon Lady befriended Macaulay Culkin‘s Kevin McCallister in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
A friend of mine befriended a homeless man and took him in.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Over the years, he has befriended sports figures like Mike Tyson, Don King and Herschel Walker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 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
Although he never said it, I could tell that my uncle had befriended the inmate.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
