befit - use in sentences

Object

  • occasion: As befits the occasion, I started with the lowest strength and worked my way up!
  • nation: Poseidon, the sea God, was the protective deity of Atlantis, as befits a nation whose very existence depended upon sea power.
  • status: The whole place has now been tidied-up as no doubt befits the status of an up and coming area.
  • someone: At Hyde Park I shall be rather more refined, as befits someone who likes candles and The Antiques Roadshow.
  • man: His demeanor befits a man of far more advanced years.
  • hotel: As befits a hotel by the sea, fish is on the menu.

Modifying Another Word

  • ill: It ill befits a court to say that he was wrong.
  • not: The lack of subtlety does not befit such fine tunes.
  • truly: Expertly edited and attractively produced, moreover, the actual book truly befits its subject.
  • well: They are not of our race, it is true, yet compassion well befits beings so fairly favored as ourselves.

Preposition: from

  • plumbing: Extractor f INTERNAL SYSTEMS The property befits from entirely new plumbing, heating and wiring.

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