Sentence examples for being a friend rather from inspiring English sources
Hulu has much to gain from being a friend, rather than a foe, of cable and satellite companies.
If you notice people are getting REALLY jealous of you then maybe it's time to dull down the act a bit and work on being a friend rather than a pin up girl.
Guys find girls like that really cool, this is being a friend rather than just a girlfriend, gives you something else to do other than kiss and make out.
"I would have been very happy to give a chance for the planet to stay itself, to be a friend rather than something subdued for my interest".
These women are pragmatists in that it's more emotionally rewarding–"easier" as Poulter puts it to be a friend rather than a traditional mother figure.
The binding lets macrophages know that the CD47-containing cell is a friend rather than a foe and should not be eaten.
"My heart breaks for Ramona in many ways," Zarin said of the veteran "RHONY" star, whom she now considers to be a "friend" rather than a "frenemy".
Bill had been more a friend rather than a boyfriend, and he had known my mother, my sisters and John.
She has been the only steadfast companion he's ever known, a friend rather than a passion — their marriage was childless — and he is left emotionally adrift by her absence.
The other woman, she is older, she is a friend, or rather, a friend of a friend.
I particularly love this quotation because of the personification of joy, the suggestion that it's a thing, a friend, rather than simply a state of mind.
