befit

How To Use befit In A Sentence

• At first the duo live in a manner that befits a pair of wealthy American socialites. The Sun
• As befitting these sleepiest of islands, visiting is an informal affair. Times, Sunday Times
• It is argued that the chiefs need accommodation befitting their ranks and of reasonable size because their jobs entail some requirements to entertain foreign dignitaries. Times, Sunday Times
• Two of the ballet's encounters stood out, imbued with a kind of artistic brilliance befitting their underlying influence.
• Emily Travis was dainty and delicate and rare, and whether in London or Klondike she gowned herself as befitted the daughter of a millionnaire mining engineer. THE LEAGUE OF THE OLD MEN
• Instead of staying indoors, healthily watching a black and white screen – Grandstand, Hancock, Terry and June – they were out canvassing, attending ward meetings, collecting ministers' autographs, drafting position papers and generally behaving in a way unbefitting to young persons. The Ed Balls roadshow: enough to make you weep
• N., the national agencies held veto power, giving them a privileged status befitting their clout and status.
• On the fringes of this retinue, lions and crocodiles pounce on their victims while an elephant runs amok, and at the centre is the Navab, enlarged as befits his status, bending from his richly caparisoned mount to slash at a lion.
• Wilhem Latchoumia: a piano program befitting Gauguin, by Cecelia Porter Link: pianist Latchoumia at NGA
• Indeed what a befitting gift for us from his government.