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Explore Friends through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

Common word

Friends in a sentence

Related words

Friends | Friend | Friendly | Friendship | Friendships | Friendsgiving | Friended | Friending | Friendshoring

Friends meaning

plural of friend

Using Friends

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of friend
  • In the example corpus, friends often appears in combinations such as: friends and, friends of, friends with.

Context around Friends

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

school 3× best 2× girl 2× tutoring 1× enough 1× real 1× former 1× associates 1× american 1× london 1×

Often after:

cast 2× characters 1× associates 1× gorging 1× working 1× boyfriends 1× miffy 1× gathered 1× danced 1×

Sentence patterns with Friends

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

friends and friends of friends 3× 15 good friends 50 friends 1× all his friends i asked 1× and more friends danced and 1× became best friends working here 1× become former friends 1× even better friends because you 1× family and friends gathered in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a few times 1× a free spirited 1× about 200 family 1× according to british 1× after two weeks 1× and my initial 1×

Common sentence endings:

150 meaningful contacts 1× a volunteer basis 1× as a person 1× become former friends 1× boyfriends have tinder 1× danced and cheered 1×

Words around Friends

Just before it in the word index:

friendlynet 2 friendly 5.448 friendliness 95 friendliest 31 friendlies 110 friendlier 68

Just after it in the word index:

friendsgiving 15 friendship 2.206 friendships 560 friendshoring 4 friendswood 4 friendz 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

countries 21.697 july 21.696 space 21.654 town 21.646 instead 21.619 management 21.578

Corpus analysis for Friends

  • In this selection, "friends" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, school, best, girl, cast, characters and associates stand out and add context to how "friends" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include friends and friends of friends, 15 good friends 50 friends, best friends, closest friends and mutual friends. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "friends" sits close to words such as countries, july and space, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with friends

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

She’s tutoring friends, and friends of friends, in English, on a volunteer basis. (14 words)

Miffy's School Friends - Miffy and her school friends have been friends for a very long time. (17 words)

She continued, “I have my UPS family, my immediate family, my friends, associates, friends, our friends, the neighborhood. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

After two weeks of not having any friends in my class and crying all the time, while my cousin was in the same class with all his friends, I asked my teachers if there was any chance I could go back to my old class with my friends. (48 words)

This type of anxiety can manifest in different ways, such as second-guessing whether your friends like you; wondering if your friends are angry at you; or even fretting over whether you have "enough" friends and what that says about you as a person. (44 words)

Sasha and I are huge best friends; we became best friends working here but outside of the ring, I would say that we're even better friends because you make certain bonds and connections because of the same love for wrestling," Bayley explained. (43 words)

Example sentences (20)

After two weeks of not having any friends in my class and crying all the time, while my cousin was in the same class with all his friends, I asked my teachers if there was any chance I could go back to my old class with my friends.

She’s tutoring friends, and friends of friends, in English, on a volunteer basis.

The Friends cast's ages don't align with the age of the Friends characters, making working out how old the Friends cast is in each season tricky.

This type of anxiety can manifest in different ways, such as second-guessing whether your friends like you; wondering if your friends are angry at you; or even fretting over whether you have "enough" friends and what that says about you as a person.

In the first months after October 7th, I felt as if two-thirds of my friends were not real friends, or had become former-friends.

She continued, “I have my UPS family, my immediate family, my friends, associates, friends, our friends, the neighborhood.

Here, he balanced his classes and a job on the side, with almost daily cooking sessions, which ended with large groups of friends and friends of friends gorging on the homestyle food that he served.

I really wanted to see a girl gang reflected on screen since I feel like I’ve always been a part of a girl gang, since I was four years old with my school friends, my American friends, my London friends.

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We don’t need to overcomplicate things: Jesus has friends, and He wants us to be friends with His friends, the saints.

At first, we told only our friends and friends of friends about it, but word got around fast.

Sasha and I are huge best friends; we became best friends working here but outside of the ring, I would say that we're even better friends because you make certain bonds and connections because of the same love for wrestling," Bayley explained.

Users can specify who they want to share the phone number or email address with — “Everyone,” “Friends of Friends,” or “Friends” — under the Privacy settings, but there is no way to opt out entirely.

A free-spirited middle-aged bearded man who has traveled in his bus across the country, Nobody loves to make friends with everybody—because when you’re friends with nobody, you’re friends with everybody.

As an adult, I’ve realized that sometimes classifying people into certain categories doesn’t always work, and often, it’s best to leave friends as friends, and some family members as friends.

I have girl friends who have Tinder, I have boy friends who have Tinder, hell, some of my girl friends’ boyfriends have Tinder.

Miffy's School Friends - Miffy and her school friends have been friends for a very long time.

About 200 family and friends gathered in the chapel at Liverpool Cemetery on Wednesday morning to pay tribute - remembering the loving mum for her big personality, ability to make friends, and excellent cooking skills.

According to British anthropologist the average person has about five or fewer loved ones in the most intimate circle, 15 good friends, 50 friends and 150 meaningful contacts.

A few times he waved to friends at the back of the theater where his partner Alexandra Grant and more friends danced and cheered.

And my initial reaction is that we’re friends, and I’m like, wait, we haven’t been friends in a year.

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These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:

Common combinations with friends

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "friends" in a sentence?
An example: "After two weeks of not having any friends in my class and crying all the time, while my cousin was in the same class with all his friends, I asked my teachers if there was any chance I could go back to my old class with my friends." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "friends" from authentic English texts.
What does "friends" mean?
Friends means: plural of friend
How many example sentences with "friends" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "friends", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.