befriend
verb (used with object)
was befriending
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past progressiveof befriend.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“In an attempt to identify a specific police officer who was befriending someone harassing me, I uploaded a photo.”
From The Verge ● Aug. 6, 2020
Nor did they consider how it made me feel to know that the entire time I was befriending these scientists and discussing science with them, their thoughts were veering in other directions.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 21, 2017
According to Barbarani, who is now 76, Kozak’s main role was befriending senior figures in the Pinochet regime and winning them over in order to secure the release of detainees.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2016
He was befriending professors and bonding with administrators at the Prisoner Reentry Institute.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2016
I saw Miss Gifford when she was befriending my mother at Liverpool Street Station, and recognised her upstairs just now.
From The Independence of Claire by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
