befriended

Example Sentences

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There was only one person who befriended me, and her name was Jenny Marsden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

After 2002, Orbán befriended Árpád Habony, a martial arts instructor and businessman, as his personal guru.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

He signed the Articles of Confederation in 1777, befriended Hamilton, and served as his top Treasury assistant.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

A Guatemalan-born musician himself, Issac befriended Moreno in 2013.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The family, which has befriended a number of North Korean immigrants, lives in Riverside, a city sixty miles east of Torrance.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden