Example Sentences

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Friendships are meant to challenge us and shouldn’t be easily swayed by political disagreement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Friendships can often feel like a competition between ourselves and a cellular device.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

Friendships have grown among volunteers and residents, and between residents, and one Russian-Ukrainian couple who lived at Pristaniste recently married.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

Friendships get made just like they do in ballet class.

From New York Times • May 18, 2024

Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses like these, swapped back and forth and over again.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama