Sentence examples for because of friends from inspiring English sources

He spends extra hours in the ring working on defense because of friends like Stephan Johnson, a Brooklyn fighter who died last fall from a boxing-related concussion.

And like many other lawmakers who have come to support the research because of friends and relatives affected by disease, Mr. Smith told a personal story.

"I've traveled to 40 countries, and many of the trips have been through the back door in that they have been personalized or really authentic because of friends or friends of friends I knew on the ground," she said.

They have been together for 13 years but Jo, now 16, has recently started racially abusing Raj and runs away from home often because of friends' taunts that his mother is a "Paki lover".

(Female, Medium SEP/Medium MVPA, 4 SV/d) I think when he decided that he wanted to do rugby and gym, I think that was influenced because of friends already doing it.

Because many became drug addicts because of friends influence.

Wood told Fiore that she abandoned New York because she despaired of friends who, living recklessly, "were on a death path".

"I alienated a lot of people and lost a lot of friends because of it.

She didn't want to go because she had loads of friends and a nice school.

Take Duke Nukem 3D, a game that was popular among my dumb group of friends because of the stripper scene.

I've lost contact with a lot of friends because of being sick all the time.