befriend
verb (used with object)
are befriending
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present progressiveof befriend.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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Alexei Morozov, the man the Jenningses and Tuan are befriending, is an agricultural scientist who defected and is advising the American government about the Soviet Union’s problems with food.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2017
“Of those that I have had, the good are dead, and happier so than here; the evil ones have left me and are befriending some one else, for which I say, ‘Joy go with them.’”
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
"But don't you see that you are befriending her when you shield him?"
From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
