be friends with

Example Sentences

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Many fans discovered her via the track “new friends,” an honest and lighthearted bop about not wanting to be friends with an ex.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“I wanted to be friends with Tilly,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

We don’t have to be friends with everyone.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 27, 2025

“A lot of the men that I got to be friends with would just pass away, and I wouldn’t even find out until I’d got to the meetings,” she said.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

“You’re trying to be friends with him? Why?”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack