Example Sentences

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Inside, western shirts of blacks and reds hang from the walls, which are befittingly pink.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

It took Clipse around two years to complete “Let God Sort Em Out,” befittingly, entirely produced by Pharrell.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela and the much-loved and sometimes controversial anti-apartheid leader, also died this year and was given a befittingly rousing send-off.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2018

Photograph: Richard Saker The aching melancholy of James Blake's Overgrown became a befittingly sombre soundtrack in the frosty month of April.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2013

As the story was related in its original form, it was rung out befittingly from the Chimes in four quarters.

From Charles Dickens as a Reader by Kent, Charles Foster