Though desirous, apparently, of befriending Prussia, he had already yielded to their persistent pleas urging him to stay the growth of the Protestant Power of North Germany.
Whatever intentions he had of befriending Carranza were not proof against the assertions that to his intrigues was attributable the papal interference with Cano's election.
They see in it possibilities for good which do not allow them to stop short of the more thorough organization which they have attempted in forming "The Association for Befriending Children.
All of them took great risks in befriending an escaped prisoner, and they did it without the slightest hope of reward.
The last thing Mr. Sandford wanted was to have the difficulty solved in any way derogatory to the position he had taken up, of befriending two girls who had no real claim upon him.
And so it was Your little soldier, still I call myself, Your little soldier, though you own me not, Turned failure into victory, won by pain Befriending hands.
This Humourist gives up all the Compliments which People of his own Condition could make to him, for the Pleasures of helping the Afflicted, supplying the Needy, and befriending the Neglected.
They were both familiar with the same geography, and George and his wife were befriending him.
And was there an occasion when there was an interchange between you and Mrs. Meller with respect to the possibility of your befriending or harboring another lady--taking somebody into your home--your apartment?
This is the way of it, as I heard last night from Pepperill himself, who got into trouble, as you know, by befriending old Pete after his licking.
Well, it was by befriending Pepperill, who had befriended Pete, who brings us meal and potatoes, that this man got the ill will of those villains.
But as Pitt had resigned office in consequence of his attachment to the Catholic cause, so it was Canning's fate also to taste the bitter fruits of befriending an oppressed and hated communion.
But his great rival, Pitt, during his long tenure of office, had means of befriending them which he did not altogether neglect.
I should like to place myself on record as befriending Mrs. Fulham, not her husband.
But don't you see that you arebefriending her when you shield him?
Localities where the work of befriending slaves was largely in the hands of Quakers will be mentioned in another connection.
It is unnecessary to recount the occasions upon which the scientist found himself in danger of falling a victim to his zeal in befriending slaves.
This is a period when loyalty cannot afford to be even suspected; yet have I jeoparded mine in befriending this youth.
In befriending me you are caring for one who is weak and puny indeed.
Haldane would have knocked a stranger down had he said half as much to the old gentleman, who seemed bent on befriending him after his own odd fashion.
Leaving the latter to their discussion of profound plans for the timely befriending of the American cause, and the crippling of the power of England on the seas, let us pass the night with Paul Jones and Israel in the neighboring room.
This luckless adventure not only nipped in the bud a little scheme he had been revolving, for materially befriending Ethan Allen and his comrades, but resulted in making his further stay at Falmouth perilous in the extreme.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, defiant and unafraid, stuck by John Brown to the end, befriending his family, hoping to rescue him as he had rescued fugitive slaves.
Although she had often differed with Theodore, whose quick changes of policy and temperament she could not understand, he had won her gratitude many times by befriending the cause.
The first named is conducted by the Association for Befriending Young Girls, under the immediate charge of the Sisters of the Divine Compassion, and cares for 75 young girls, mostly Roman Catholics.
A few institutions render more direct service,--the Association for Befriending Children and Young Girls and the Children's Aid Society, for example.
After all, was not all that could be said against Eaton--if he was the man--simply that he had not appeared to state why Warden was befriending him?
No suspicion attached to this young man; Warden's talk with his wife made it completely clear that, if he had any connection with the murder, it was only as befriending him brought danger to Warden.
The Japanese people will then be able to say that the President never entertained anti-Japanese feelings, or adopted the policy of "befriending the Far and antagonizing the Near.
Récamier was similarly punished for her boldness in befriending the woman who defied Bonaparte.
The missionaries reproved these threats so sternly that they were accused of befriending him, and the trapper was again obliged to exert all his influence in quelling the rising distrust.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "befriending" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
