befriend
verb (used with object)
had befriended
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past perfectof befriend.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The sinister figure lurking in the drama is Bernard Faÿ, a French writer and enthusiast of things American, whom Stein and Toklas had befriended in Paris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Mrs Baxter had befriended D'Wit through the business and trusted him to help her manage her thyroid condition, Hashimoto's disease.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
Afterwards, she fled to the nearby apartment of an older Rohingya woman she had befriended.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
The nominee was an appeals court judge named Clarence Thomas who Leo had befriended during a clerkship.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
Even though I had befriended many white Communists, I was wary of white influence in the ANC, and I opposed joint campaigns with the party.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
