befit
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The glitzy Sphere suits Las Vegas; a new football arena along classical lines would befit Washington, which Frederick Douglass praised for “its lofty domes and stately pillars.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Loose curls stand atop his head, messy enough to be neat, neat enough to befit a titan of industry.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2024
Ralph Fiennes’ version befit a consummate actor who’d long cherished T.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023
Elaborate gold concoctions that would befit a pope adorned their heads.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
As befit a conqueror, 8-Deer was wearing elaborate cotton armor, a ceremonial beard wig, and a cowl made from the head of a jaguar.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The live communion of these four musicians especially befits Big Ears, a festival devoted to unconventional music and famous for its promise of spontaneity around each corner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Status quo defenders say the ultralow pay befits a citizen legislature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
The recital acted like a religious experience in which a rarefied atmosphere befits radiance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026
Barely a speech goes by without him addressing the destructive power of nuclear weapons with a kind of awe that befits a 79-year-old who grew up during the Cold War.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
They were dressed in black, silent and dry-eyed, as befits the norms of sadness in a country accustomed to the dignity of grief.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
She began with an incisive reading of Webern’s Six Pieces for Orchestra, keeping her conducting elegantly restrained, even economized — gestures that befitted this sharply angled, brief set.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Devin looked far from the days where his cheeks were bone thin at weigh-ins and he befitted the stare of the undead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
The announcement was made without any warning and delivered, as befitted an academic theologian, in Latin.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2022
But the visitors were largely subdued, rarely threatening in a first half that befitted a game with so little at stake.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
Mr. Lapham, as befitted his venerable years and his dignity as master of the house, sat in an armchair at the head of the table.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
The chapters are also highly social, befitting a generation that came of age during Covid’s lockdowns and loneliness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
It’s a trajectory that the immensely appealing, rollicking documentary “American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez” tracks with a vitality and purpose befitting its subject.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The billionaire singer and three-time Super Bowl champion, both 36, have kept fans guessing, but media reports describe an over-the-top celebration befitting one of the world's most famous musicians.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
It was befitting of an important office job, with only the lightest indicators of riches and omnipotence.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Sometime this morning, while Fahim and Shomari were moved to the larger and nicer chambers befitting anointed Sons of the Six, he'd be moved to...he realized he wasn’t sure.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
