Example Sentences

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Friendships among new moms are often so intense that in the end, someone gets hurt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Friendships can often feel like a competition between ourselves and a cellular device.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

“Everybody is armed, so there’s always that in your mind. We have relatives we have conflicts with. Friendships have ended. ‘

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024

Friendships have grown among volunteers and residents, and between residents, and one Russian-Ukrainian couple who lived at Pristaniste recently married.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

Friendships were suspicious, we knew it, we avoided each other during the mealtime line-ups in the cafeteria and in the halls between classes.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood