Word Finder - became

definition

To arrive, come (to a place).

definition

To come about; happen; come into being; arise.

example

It hath becomen so that many a man had to sterve.

definition

Begin to be; turn into.

example

She became a doctor when she was 25.

synonyms

• get
• go
• turn

definition

To be proper for; to beseem.

definition

Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).

example

That dress really becomes you.

Henry became king of England.

The grief was so strong that it became a nauseating pain.

Mary's tone became dry again.

He'd spent so long hoping Darian became what he once was.

At some point, that stopped bugging her and became an attraction.

The music became more and more audible.

He became very disagreeable.

His expression became sour.

She laughed, and then became thoughtful.

Louis the Fourteenth became king of France when he was only five years old.

The voice on the telephone became urgent.

They became great friends over the years.

Soon he became the real king and ruler of all Scotland,

She suddenly became serious.

The smile faded and his expression became ardent.

I became more frustrated with each passing minute.

She was intruding, but it soon became obvious that Sarah wasn't going to sit down until everyone else was seated.

Quinn reacted as we'd grown to expect but Howie's visions became our afternoon project.

We'd built up a library of recorded sessions but became concerned about properly securing them.

Soon it became apparent Howie would remain in Santa Barbara at least a week, perhaps more.

Nothing! and he became more animated.

In answer to her response, his kiss lost its hesitancy and became ardent.

Betsy was enthralled with the area and became an immediate student of the history.

When Robert Fulton became a man, he did not forget his experiment with the old fishing boat.

A war which became general, as any limited action might, would only result in the virtual destruction of mankind.

As she rounded the curve in the staircase, the room became silent.

When a female voice answered, he pressed the speaker button and the phone call became theirs.

The flush became hotter.

His voice became sour.

His smile became saturnine.

God, if this ability became widespread, it would be an assault of secrecy itself!

Both he and Daniel Brennan became sounding boards without being intrusive.

As our activities grew, the task became more daunting.

I enjoyed it last September until I became bored; I even had a little friend, as I recall.

I begged her to tell me, but she just bawled and said it was good that I became a priest so I could ask for forgiveness.

Was that how he became the Dark One?

The silence became ear-splitting.

Toward dawn, her conversation became fixed on the skeleton-man she'd discovered in the depths of the mine as if he too was a forever forgotten soul, equally immersed in lonely darkness.

Cynthia said, "Fitzgerald didn't even know he was going to run for sheriff until he became irritated at David."

His tone became light.

Every day she spent in this world, she became more confused.

When his fingers laced through hers and his palms pressed her hands against the wall next to her face, his kisses became ardent.

In 1892 he became a member of the British House of Commons as an Irish Nationalist, being elected for South Longford.

In 1855 Hutton and Bagehot became joint-editors of the National Review, a new monthly, and conducted it for ten years.

The sides of the tunnel showed before them like the inside of a long spy-glass, and the floor became more level.

Via books, ideas became mobile—or as we would say today, went viral—spreading to other villages and other countries and to multiple places around the world simultaneously.

His expression became guarded.

I think that was the only reason she and Josh became an item.

After the capture of Jerusalem he served for a time with Bohemund at Antioch; but when Baldwin of Edessa became king of Jerusalem, he summoned Baldwin de Burg, and left him as count in Edessa.

Hutton took charge of the literary side of the paper, and by degrees his own articles became and remained up to the last one of the best-known features of serious and thoughtful English journalism.