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Example sentences for "friend"

Lexicographically close words:
frictions; fridaie; fride; frie; fried; friende; friendes; friendless; friendlessness; friendlie
  1. Madame Scarron, whom he so basely deserted for the superior charms of her friend Ninon, often gave him a bad quarter of an hour.

  2. Whatever effort I may make to find you less guilty, the sympathy I have for the misfortune of my friend is of still greater importance to me.

  3. To be your friend only so long as you follow my advice would not be true friendship.

  4. Madame de Maintenon, then in the height of her power and influence, had never forgotten the friend of her youth, and now, she offered her lodgings at Versailles.

  5. The first step toward ransoming their friend was followed by others until they finally made great strides through her resolution.

  6. To illustrate her freedom from passionate attachments in the distribution of her favors, the case of her friend Scarron will give an insight into her philosophy.

  7. Ruvigny, his friend of the Rue des Tournelles.

  8. You are going to possess in one and the same person, the most estimable friend and a most charming mistress.

  9. It is very necessary that they should have something to which to cling: like the gentleman of whom our friend Montaigne speaks who, when the gout attacked him, would have been very angry if he had not been able to say: "Cursed ham!

  10. At your age, being unable to think of entering into a serious engagement, it is not necessary to find a friend in a woman; one should seek to find only an amiable mistress.

  11. Barry's success won the admiration of friend and foe.

  12. Beside him northward lies his friend Captain John Rosseter, also of the County of Wexford, Ireland.

  13. Barry by his will bequeathed it to "my good friend Captain Richard Dale," with whose descendants it yet remains.

  14. There he immediately sought out an industrious friend who had an amiable weakness for draw poker, and in whom Mr. Stenner regularly encouraged that passion by going up against him every payday and despoiling him of his hard earnings.

  15. I learn that a few weeks ago a friend of yours, named Norton, secured the young man's release upon your promise to take care of him yourself in future.

  16. However, as my friend had assured me he was "a graduate of one of the largest institutions in his native State," I took him in and bought a pen for him.

  17. Relieved of Mr. Peasley, I naturally began thinking of my poor friend in the Flatbroke jail, and it occurred to me that something might happen to hasten the execution.

  18. Amongst those who yielded to the influence was my friend Thomas Dobsho.

  19. Braybrooke had gone away from the Club that evening firmly persuaded that his young friend had done the almost unbelievable thing, had fallen in love with Adela Sellingworth.

  20. On one occasion soon after she returned to London from her tour round the world a woman friend said to her: "Adela, you have never looked better than you do now.

  21. When Braybrooke came into the big drawing-room on the first floor he fancied that his friend was looking older, and even paler, than usual.

  22. Try to believe that I am honestly doing my best to be a friend to you, a true friend.

  23. Lady Sellingworth admired this room, and envied her friend for possessing it.

  24. After lunch she drove with her friend in the Bois.

  25. Already he had the feeling of a friend who does not care to dissect the mentality and character of his friend with another.

  26. I wanted to tell you something about Lady Sellingworth which has puzzled me and a friend of mine.

  27. Meanwhile upstairs, in a big bedroom just overhead, Lady Sellingworth was having a battle with herself of which her friend was totally unconscious.

  28. Perhaps he has made a bet with that friend of his that you will cross on the same day that he does.

  29. Louis de Rocheouart visited at her house as a matter of course, was agreeable and gallant to her because she was a charming and influential woman and an old friend of his family.

  30. Lady Sellingworth saw Beryl as a treacherous lover, as well as an unkind friend and a heartless daughter, and suddenly her anger against Craven died in pity.

  31. If Beryl sought her out again she would play her part of friend gallantly to conceal her wounds.

  32. He knew that she was a friend of the girl he wanted to marry.

  33. But, friend Augustine, how were you able to endure that?

  34. Marboeuf governed Corsica for sixteen years; he was the friend of Carlo Bonaparte, once so warm an adherent of Paoli; and it was he who opened the career of Napoleon, for he procured him his place in the military school of Brienne.

  35. Sampiero distinguished himself on many fields and before many fortresses, and his reputation was equally great with friend and foe.

  36. Leonardo of Casanova, Sampiero's friend and fellow-soldier, broke the silence.

  37. I was kindly received by my friend and his wife, a newly married couple, and found their house comfortable.

  38. Brabender, my governess, a charming creature whom I have always regretted; my godfather, and the Duc de Morny, a great friend of my godfather and of my mother.

  39. He was an old friend of the family, and he always called me "ma fil," which annoyed me greatly, as did his familiarity.

  40. Yet I can scarcely call it that, since what I am about to propose to you is entirely an idea of my own, and which I should like to mention in the interests of my friend Monsieur Nicolas La Hire.

  41. Edward Tredgold looked too, and a feeling of annoyance at the childish stratagems of his well-meaning friend began to possess him.

  42. It only remains to add that this curiosity is not a mere exhibit, for a friend of the gentleman who supplies the photo.

  43. It is a small book--a collection of papers beautifully and clearly expressed--which he wrote on harmony for the niece of a friend of his.

  44. We have had a very busy day, and not entirely a wasted one," my friend explained.

  45. The development for which my friend had asked came in a quicker and an infinitely more tragic form than he could have imagined.

  46. Of course, it is to be hoped that everything will go off smoothly, but poppa had a friend in the old times who said something that means a lot.

  47. Now, suppose our unknown and deceased genius had put even that first page that I have read before our good friend Clifford K.

  48. And she, my dear friend and enemy, is a Bourbon, an aristocrat of the first water, the daughter of an open enemy of our very good and convenient ally the French Republic.

  49. Would you believe it that Lord Orrel has actually asked me to go down with him to the port and ask the French and Russian leaders of the expedition to dinner, the invitation to include our excellent friend Victor Fargeau?

  50. You are not a friend to the Republic; neither am I, nor any of us, for the matter of that.

  51. The friend of the Thunder Birds was worthy.

  52. Giant is powerful--the water which boils before us will be cold when touched by a friend of the Giant.

  53. The captain of the post was generous towards them, as was always my friend Mrs. F.

  54. Cloudy Sky boasts that he is the friend of the thunder bird; in my dreams, I have seen the fairy of the waters, and he told me that Cloudy Sky should die by my hand.

  55. He was certainly, what all the Chippeways have been, a friend of the white people, and equally an enemy to the Dahcotahs.

  56. The farewell of my friend Checkered Cloud can never be forgotten.

  57. The death blow was given, too, by the friend who had shamed him from listening to his mother's voice.

  58. He was very much alarmed, and directed his friend to go out and catch a fish, and to bring the first one he caught to him.

  59. With my knowledge of the language, and the aid of my kind and excellent friend Mr. Prescott, all the dark passages in her narration were made clear.

  60. We have sold some of them to him, and we are content to do so, but he has promised to protect us, to be a friend to us, to take care of us as a father does of his children.

  61. He did so, and after drinking a great quantity, while his friend was asleep, he turned himself into a large fish and stretched himself full length across the St. Croix.

  62. The son hardly noticed his mother's greeting, as he invited his friend to partake of the venison.

  63. Jugurtha, at first the friend and ally of Rome, after he had secured possession of the whole country through the murder of his two rivals, his cousins, found himself at last at war with Rome.

  64. Octavius, who belonged to the aristocratic party, and Cornelius Cinna, the friend of Marius, who belonged to the popular party.

  65. Before the day for the next meeting of the comitia tributa arrived, Gracchus appears to have made every effort to induce his colleague and former friend to recede from his position.

  66. Fulvius Flaccus, the old friend of Tiberius Gracchus, had been elected consul and had brought in a bill extending the franchise to all the Latin and Italian allies.

  67. Fannius, an old friend and supporter of his brother, and the defeat of L.

  68. You must undertake to secure for me the support of our friend Pompey, since you are nearer to him than I.

  69. Oh, uncle, I thought you wouldn’t mind my bringing my friend Grigg, from our office.

  70. Sembrach--bonnets; supplies the Tintz girls with headgear, and is allowed to pass as a friend of the family because she forgets to send in the bill.

  71. Well dear lady, my little contribution to the general hilarity of the occasion will be caused by my friend in the bag.

  72. But the sister of a friend of mine who was having tea in their house distinctly heard him say that there were two sides to every question, and that he could not believe all that was said in the English papers.

  73. Two of the lifeboat's crew were drowned, while your friend was cast upon the rocks fearfully injured.

  74. Mr Vining is mistaken," said Ella coldly; "he forgets that I am not a visitor or friend of the family.

  75. I've no doubt our dear friend Mrs Marter has sent word of it to Mrs Brandon by this time.

  76. Mr Bray, catching his old friend by the arm.

  77. There was a dull heavy feeling came over her, as she thought of how he had never been more than friend to her, and that the warmth had been entirely on one side.

  78. Yes, the fair girl that friend Max there seems so taken with.

  79. Charley viciously; and again he essayed to leave his friend behind.

  80. But the more he thought, the more uneasy he grew, and twice over he shifted his seat to avoid an attack from some conversational friend whom he saw approaching.

  81. I find that a particular old friend of mine is not coming to dinner," said Charley, "and therefore I shall decline.

  82. Of course I'm a friend of the Captain, still I can see that there's something to be said on both sides.

  83. Fellow who lives next door is a kind of friend of mine," he vouchsafed shortly.

  84. And, of course, our friend Bangs couldn't be expected to know a great deal about mythology.

  85. I just told old man Trap that a friend of mine had mailed a letter to him and that, as long as they didn't know where he was, I thought this person would like to have it back.

  86. Have gone to Old Beecham to see a sick friend who has just sent for me.

  87. But I've been wondering if we couldn't go out and make a call on that friend of hers in Old Beecham.

  88. The thing for you to do is to come along with us right now to Old Beecham to call on a friend of Aunt Cal's.

  89. Look," I whispered, "for all the world as if she was about to drop in on a friend for tea or something!

  90. The next Assistance I receiv’d was from my ingenious Friend Hawley Bishop Esq; whose great Powers and extensive Learning are as well known, as his uncommon Modesty, to all who have the Happiness of his Acquaintance.

  91. There, off with your friend while your shoes are good, and don't raise your voice, or some one will find out that you are from the Palace.

  92. You soon will now you are resident in town, Mr Gowan; and I hope you will favour us by accompanying your friend Forbes.

  93. My friend will have the front-door key, and stay here or come and go as often as he likes.

  94. Perhaps you will have the goodness to name your friend now; it will save time and trouble.

  95. The trouble may not be so great after all, for we have a friend who loves us both--the Princess, and she will help me in my sore distress.

  96. Now, doctor, as soon as you say the word, my men shall carry our German friend on their muskets.

  97. Just then the boys' eyes met, and Frank, who was still supporting his father, gave his friend a grateful look.

  98. Did you see your friend you wanted to speak to?

  99. A good friend in Frank here, who is the very spit of his father, one of the bravest, truest soldiers that ever lived.

  100. The happier for seeing you keep your engagement," said their friend the feeder of ducks, smiling.

  101. You may trust me, sir; and I'll do my best to make your friend comfortable.

  102. My friend paused on the steps, turned, and came back.

  103. All eyes were turned on Kennedy, who made a gesture of polite deprecation, as if the remark of my friend were true, but he nonchalantly placed his chips on the "17.

  104. Otherwise, I may as well notify my friend Inspector O'Connor of the Central Office and go up with him.

  105. Could you give a little advice in the case of a friend of mine?

  106. I at once sent the milk to the laboratory of my friend Doctor Leslie to have it analysed.

  107. We met my friend at the Riviera and dined sumptuously.

  108. There was nothing to do but agree, and I was glad that I had been discreetly reticent about my companion in talking with the friend who was to gain us entrance to the Avernus beyond the steel door.

  109. Fortunately he seemed decidedly impressed with my friend Monsieur Kay--I could do no better on the spur of the moment than take Kennedy's initial, which seemed to serve.

  110. I was necessarily vague about Kennedy, for fear my friend might have heard of some of his exploits, but fortunately he did not prove inquisitive.

  111. It was my evil-looking friend with the scar on his cheek.

  112. You see, my friend Jameson here is on the staff of the Star, and we are in the habit of discussing these cases.

  113. A short parley followed, after which we entered, my friend having apparently satisfied someone that we were all right.

  114. Nearly every day Templeton's car stopped at the house and the girls and some friend of Templeton's in the country club went for a ride.

  115. A friend who has heard of the Kerr Parker case," she replied.

  116. Mrs. Pendleton in her cheerful voice, rather as if she feared her daughter would overlook her friend in the excitement of homecoming.

  117. She repeated this to Susan that evening when, after Miss Willy's departure for the night, she took her friend into the spare room to show her the first shapings of the princess gown.

  118. The Romantic Story of Baroni THE Emir of the Lebanon and his English friend did not depart from the desert city until the morrow, Fakredeen being so wearied by his journey that he required repose.

  119. Truly, there is only one God,' said Baroni; 'go tell the great Sheikh that his friend the English prince has come here to give him a salaam of peace.

  120. But the circumstance that he was the friend of Allah appears with them entirely to have outweighed the recollection of his harsh treatment of their great progenitor.

  121. Above all, she was the friend of Lady Kingcastle, who called her and her husband 'those good Guy Flounceys.

  122. I am so young and really so inexperienced; after all, I am only a child; besides, I have not a friend in the world except you.

  123. See, the day after to-morrow I have appointed to meet a friend of mine at Gaza, who has a caravan that wants convoy through the desert to the mountain.

  124. I have no friend in the world but you; I am so desolate.

  125. What was your object I care not to inquire, knowing full well, that, if you had an object, you never would spare friend or foe.

  126. But fifteen years ago, when we first met, friend Darkush, you did not say nay to M.

  127. Mute, but ever vigilant, Fakredeen and Baroni gazed on their friend and master: still Tancred slept.

  128. This young prince, whom I serve, is a friend to your race, and knows well why you are at war both with Moslem and Christian, for he is so himself.

  129. The minister had taken the opportunity of the absence of the Emir and his friend to converse often and amply about them with the Queen.

  130. He was a most desirable sort of acquisition; for he was a friend who could come to the house at any time, and yet he, himself, had done all sorts of exciting things.

  131. As the tall, graceful, thoughtful man stood looking down at him, Alan could tell nothing of the attitude of this friend of Benjamin Corvet toward himself.

  132. Yet was that in itself any more remarkable than that he should be the guest, the friend of such people as the Sherrills?

  133. He was not an ordinary friend of Mr. Corvet's; but he had come there often; Wassaquam did not know why.

  134. The family of our friend the rattlesnake could hardly surpass that record, I think.

  135. The volunteers were speedily abandoned by every friend to public order, and their ranks were so formidably reduced by the abandonment, that the whole institution quietly dissolved away, and was heard of no more.

  136. This time Torres made no difficulty about introducing his friend into the general's apartment.

  137. Despard made a speech on the scaffold, declaring himself innocent, and that he was put to death simply for being a friend to truth, liberty, and justice.

  138. Our friend is losing his originality, and poaching unceremoniously upon Ivanhoe.

  139. He had begun his political life as a high Tory, and the friend and follower of Pitt.

  140. He says, "In Cremona is also living my intimate friend Antonio Stradivari, an excellent maker of all kinds of musical instruments.

  141. Johnson was observed by a musical friend of his to be extremely inattentive at a concert, whilst a celebrated solo-player was running up the divisions and sub-divisions of notes upon his Violin.

  142. In conclusion, I have to thank my young friend Mr. Allan Fea for the two illustrations forming the head and tail pieces to "Hudibras and the Champion Crowdero.

  143. My friend Mr. Tindal is come to settle (for the present at least) in this neighbourhood.

  144. With these advantages, it is almost needless to remark that my friend possessed ample means of aiding me in my endeavours to learn much concerning the makers of his native city.

  145. By the way, I can introduce you to a friend who has in his possession some choice Stradivaris, of various dates, and having heads of a very marked character.

  146. His varnish was, during the last twenty years of his life, very fine in quality, and in the manufacture of it he is said to have been assisted by a friend who was an excellent chemist.

  147. Who has not got a friend who is the fortunate owner of a veritable "Duke"?

  148. Mr. Goding whispered to a friend standing by, "Why, the man must certainly smell them, he has not had time to look.

  149. I interrogated my friend as to the cause of their being in such an unseemly condition, and received answer that he had instructions to remove most of the instruments from their cases and arrange them, that I might better judge of their merits.

  150. Croesus, who was now a venerable man, advanced in years, had been for a long time the friend and faithful counselor of Cambyses's father.

  151. It always gives me great satisfaction and pleasure to hear of the prosperity of a friend and ally, unless it is too absolutely continuous and uninterrupted.

  152. Aristagoras was much distressed at seeing his friend suffering so severe and disgraceful a punishment.

  153. A few days after, when the tyrant began to express his remorse and sorrow at having destroyed his venerable friend in the heat of passion, and to mourn his death, they told him that Croesus was still alive.

  154. He called his old friend by name in a tone of astonishment and pity, and burst into tears.

  155. The presents, they said, had been sent by Cambyses as a token of his desire to become the friend and ally of the Ethiopian king.

  156. The captain of this galley was a native of a small town called Cnydus, and, as it happened, was a particular friend of Aristagoras.

  157. On another occasion Mrs Skratdj and a lady friend were conversing.

  158. He was very fond of children, and a good friend to them.

  159. He was an old friend of Mr and Mrs Skratdj, however, and knew that they were really happy together, and that it was only a bad habit which made them constantly contradict each other.

  160. I dismounted and with much difficulty my friend scrambled into my saddle, with myself on behind.

  161. My friend gave me a strong recommend and I clinched the matter by telling the gentleman that I was not afraid of man, ghost or Indian.

  162. Not wishing to offend such a character, I gave my companions the wink and we followed him into the bar-room with the full determination of making a friend of him.

  163. There was also a loyal friend of mine who became as enthusiastic over it as myself.

  164. But a friend heard of my plight (not, however, from myself), and furnished the cash.

  165. I remember the case of a friend of mine whose leg got horribly crushed at Waterfall Creek and had to be amputated.

  166. Mr. Shepperd, the manager, was a friend of mine.

  167. I had a friend who knew the Swazis well, and he held it to be unlikely in the last degree that a party of peaceful prospectors would be molested.

  168. I do not know what part of the building the prisoner was confined in, but if his cell were anything like the one from which, in 1874, I helped to carry the dead body of my poor friend Pat Foote, he was not to be envied.

  169. When a purchaser came along I would deliver the tent at once, and move my few belongings to the dwelling of some friend or another who happened to have room to spare.

  170. Another terrible accident was the one in which a friend of mine named Blenkins lost his life.

  171. Ntshindeen, who was always my good friend but who often had to be away from home on the king's business, gave me a confidential warning to beware of the boys, as they did not like me.

  172. My best friend among these men was a gigantic Swede who was called Peter.

  173. In the course of conversation my friend and I began speculating as to whether one of them would know a diamond if he saw it.

  174. One day a friend named McCallum came and showed me a piece of gold he had picked up on a headland which jutted over the Blyde River near Peach tree Creek.

  175. The tent of the friend he had intended to visit stood close by.

  176. Soon a friend of his came along and offered me 15 for my share.

  177. He was a good friend to me, but was, unwittingly, the occasion of my failing to make a very rich "strike.


  178. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "friend" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    acquaintance; advocate; ally; associate; backer; brick; brother; chum; cohort; comrade; confidant; contact; date; familiar; fellow; fellowman; friend; girl; intimate; lover; mate; neighbor; partisan; partner; patron; pickup; playmate; proponent; repository; supporter; sweetheart; sympathizer


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    friend and; friend from; friend here; friend said; friendly fashion; friendly manner; friendly natives; friendly port; friendly power; friendly smile; friendly societies; friendly society; friendly terms; friendly tone; friends and; friends were