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 Thomas Aquinas
An offal-barrel and a lumber-garret, Or, at the best, a Punch-and-Judy play, With maxims most pragmatical and hitting, As in the mouths of puppets are befitting!
From Faust by Bayard Taylor
