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Befriended in a sentence
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Befriended meaning
simple past and past participle of befriend
Using Befriended
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of befriend
- In the example corpus, befriended often appears in combinations such as: he befriended, had befriended, befriended the.
Context around Befriended
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Befriended
- In this selection, "befriended" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, huntley, exclusively, jack, boys, someone and young stand out and add context to how "befriended" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and exclusively befriended boys and bell had befriended a then. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "befriended" sits close to words such as akhtar, alford and ascertained, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with befriended
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Prince Harry befriended at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. (9 words)
Khodakaramrezaei befriended Sadeghi in the online chat room in late 2021. (11 words)
Both are farm girls who cropped their hair and exclusively befriended boys. (12 words)
In 1966, while helping run his uncle Frank Holt’s campaign for governor—Frank lost the Democratic nomination to Jack’s future foe, “Justice Jim” Johnson—Jack befriended young Bill Clinton, who was a campaign driver for Frank Holt. (39 words)
The first season followed the machinations of Sauron the Deceiver who, posing as a deposed King of the Southlands, befriended Galadriel before both the immortals were taken into the custody of the Numenoreans. (33 words)
Although rangers do not primarily use their Pokémon for battling like trainers do, they are still able to utilize the Pokémon they've befriended to help them with capturing wild Pokémon. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
A wan-faced Huntley befriended the media because he had a sinister motive: his need to know the details of the police inquiry.
Both are farm girls who cropped their hair and exclusively befriended boys.
From his perch in Moscow, Bullitt mentored George Kennan, his deputy, and befriended the novelist Mikhail Bulgakov.
Grant was offered a home three days before he died, but Jess said he had befriended someone at his temporary accommodation who he "trusted in his hour of need".
He befriended Dr. King in the spring of 1956 after the young civil rights leader called and asked for a meeting.
In 1966, while helping run his uncle Frank Holt’s campaign for governor—Frank lost the Democratic nomination to Jack’s future foe, “Justice Jim” Johnson—Jack befriended young Bill Clinton, who was a campaign driver for Frank Holt.
Khodakaramrezaei befriended Sadeghi in the online chat room in late 2021.
McShane said the father in the case later recanted his boasts that she had befriended his mother.
My Uncle Wink befriended a couple a bit older than him whom he helps with some day to day chores.
Picard earned his first ship posting aboard the USS Reliant where he met and befriended Jack Crusher and eventually met Crusher's fiancée, Beverly Howard.
Prince Harry befriended at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
She fell under the control of Studholme, now 38, who had befriended her and went on to dominate and then abuse her in the year before her death.
Simon Rogers, prosecuting, told the court that offences took place between 2013 and 2015, when Bell had befriended a then teenage boy.
The episode focused on Homer Simpson being sent to a mental institution, where he befriended a large burly man named Leon Kompowsky.
The first season followed the machinations of Sauron the Deceiver who, posing as a deposed King of the Southlands, befriended Galadriel before both the immortals were taken into the custody of the Numenoreans.
There’s a fantastic story about a crow living in Waterville in the 1950s who was as intelligent as the humans he befriended.
They drew up a “kill list” of four other youths they intended to harm, until Brianna had the “misfortune” to be befriended by girl X, who became “obsessed” with her.
A former professional footballer who harassed a man he had never met on behalf of a woman he befriended online has been jailed for 16 months.
Although rangers do not primarily use their Pokémon for battling like trainers do, they are still able to utilize the Pokémon they've befriended to help them with capturing wild Pokémon.
As per the FIR, the woman befriended the complainant and asked him to meet her.
Common combinations with befriended
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- he befriended 27×
- had befriended 18×
- befriended the 14×
- and befriended 11×
- befriended by 6×
- befriended her 5×
- befriended and 5×
- has befriended 5×
- befriended him 5×
- have befriended 4×