became

[bih-keym]

verb

1. the simple past tense of become.

became

/ bɪˈkeɪm /

verb

1. the past tense of become

Example Sentences

But it took a lot longer than they had expected, and meantime the bills came due and valuations became unsustainable.

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Growing up around his father’s law office, he became a messenger boy in the state Senate, where he met Gov. Earl Warren, the future chief justice.

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Mundelein merged with Loyola in 1991 and within a few years Sister Jean became a team chaplain, a position she held until earlier this year.

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Nor was the tendency to justify slavery on racial grounds any less widespread among elite Muslims than it became among plantation owners in the American South.

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Mr. Nasaw provides examples of World War II veterans for whom it lasted 50 years or more—for some it became a lifelong affliction.

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Related Words

• come 
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• grow into 
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