How to Use befit in a Sentence

befit

verb
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  • She has a mind for serious inquiry, as befits a scientist.
  • His name was Vere Goldthwaite, and as befits any star’s romance, the versions of it are many.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Meat-eaters can get their fill at the many Mediterranean standouts befitting the scenery.
    — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2023
  • The Amazon founder is on a shopping spree befitting the world’s richest man.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2020
  • As locations go, the spot was well befitting as an enclave for the global elite to meet and greet.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2019
  • His early years were filled with barbeque and cookouts as is befitting for the Lone Star State.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • By our count, that’s four birthday parties this year, which is befitting of the legend.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2023
  • This morning, she was spotted walking around the streets in the City of Light, and her sleek outfit was befitting of a top model.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The performance befits the song’s melancholy tone – Billie with a simple piano in front of a sign of her name (in the Barbie font).
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2023
  • His idea was to build a lair that was befitting of Dracula, but in a negative space.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Dressed in a satiny floral suit, Grace joined hands with Campbell, who wore a gauzy black dress befitting a punk rocker’s bride.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Jeff Bezos is on a shopping spree befitting the world’s richest man.
    — Sophie Alexander, Bloomberg.com, 14 Apr. 2020
  • George Clooney’s current watch of choice is truly befitting of a silver fox.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Perfectly befitting its setting, this thriller has the plot of the best kind of airplane paperback, with just the right number of twists and turns.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Thursday’s offensive output from both teams — five hits for the Dodgers, three by the Padres — befitted the day’s lack of urgency.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Scott called the president’s comments racist and not befitting a world leader.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The game may look more naturalistic with Vivid mode off, but the unnatural lights befit the game’s mood.
    — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • First, his strange use of violent language was not befitting of a public ...
    — Donald Bryson, National Review, 26 May 2023
  • Dianne Feinstein was laid to rest The service befitted a monarch.
    — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The programming did not befit a person who knows what adaptogens are.
    — Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
  • Even at 86, Nelson was up to the task, with riffs and solos that felt both familiar and strange, befitting a guy who has for decades gone his own peculiar way.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The front panel has a multi-coloured graphic that dominates the design, oozing yellow, pink and blue in a style befitting the 1990s.
    — SI.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Dan Tana’s is stubbornly still cash only, befitting an old-school red-sauce joint.
    — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • There's always a push towards something that's befitting the epic nature of this series.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 29 Dec. 2023
  • His lawyers protested that he was being held in a remote, dingy facility that did not befit a figure of his stature.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
  • However, instead of a more mature look, Fine opted for neutrals, befitting a 15-year-old Brandy at the time.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The Ghostface mask, like an old leather couch, is a little ratty and worn this time, and that befits a 27-year-old series that has now had nine different Ghostface Killers.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023
  • For us much as friends enjoyed ribbing the King, there’s always been a dignity to him befitting his nickname.
    — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 9 Apr. 2020
  • The caption was so sweet and sincere, as befitting a couple who made a documentary about their wedding(s).
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Segarra’s voice has soft edges but a hard center, befitting songs in which outrage and pain simmer beneath the pastoral.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2024

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