become
[bɪˈkʌm]
Definition:
1. Come into existence.
2. Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
3. Undergo a change or development.
4. Enhance the appearance of.
'become' example sentence:
- He'd become quite the little gentleman.
- Elderly people easily become socially isolated.
- Her relationship with Mark has become stale.
- She had become addicted to golf.
- Today's hits rapidly become old hat.
- Her husband had become withdrawn and moody.
- He has become more moralistic.
- Will Britain ever become a classless society?
- I've become very disillusioned with politics.
- His hospital room had become a prison.
- We must not become complacent about progress.
- He's become quite a fundi on wine.
- He's become the target for a lot of criticism recently.
- Martin had become Howard Cosell's surrogate son.
- One of the panels had become detached from the main structure.
- Inter-racial marriages have become commonplace.
- His face had become peculiarly expressionless.
- Her sole object in life is to become a travel writer.
- Such behaviour did not become her.
- The reforms have recently become law.
- Doctors become inured to death.
- The bill will become law next year.
- I see he's become a family man.
- The situation might all too easily have become a disaster.
- Their music has become very commercialized in recent years.
- He became very weak towards the end of his life.
- Students should aim to become more independent of their teachers.
- His aim was to become president.
- The programme has become a firm favourite with young people.
- Military action may become necessary.
- At night, the dark streets become menacing.
- The judge's decision became a legal talking point.
- He had become insensitive to cold.
- Cars have become an indispensable part of our lives.
- What became of that student who used to live with you?
- The Internet has become part of everyday life.
- Prison conditions have become more brutal.
- My parents had fixed ideas about what I should become.
- He has become mega rich.
- Look how lazy we've become.
- How much does it cost to become a member?
- I didn't expect him to become a successful writer.
- The stream had become a raging torrent.
- Wearing fur has become unfashionable.
- The rural population has become increasingly politicized in recent years.
- It soon became apparent that no one was going to come.
- Patients can become conditioned to particular forms of treatment.
- The new speed limit on this road becomes effective from 1 June.
- She only became coherent again two hours after the attack.
- Will time travel ever become a reality?
- It soon became clear that the programme was a failure.
- With technological changes many traditional skills have become obsolete.
- The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.
- In the 1990s the area became a magnet for new investment.
- The environment has become a very hot issue.
- Health care should not become a political football.
- Health and fitness have become big business.
- We need to become critical text-readers.