befit
verb (used with object)
to be proper or appropriate for; suit; fit.
are befitting
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present progressiveof befit.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It certainly looks the part of a premium soundbar, though I’ll let you decide whether the glass top surface and mix of textures and materials are befitting of the price.
From The Verge ● Aug. 13, 2021
To be clear, we aren’t endorsing these heavy-handed tactics, many of which are befitting Inspector Javert of “Les Misérables.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2016
Anne Simpson, head of corporate governance for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, said the changes are befitting of the world’s most valuable company.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 24, 2012
Now the human will is well ordered when it tends to acts which are befitting to man.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas
Come, go we in, that thou may’st bear from me Such message as is meet, and also carry Gifts, such as are befitting to return For gifts new-given.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
