became

[bih-keym]

verb

1. the simple past tense of become.

became

/ bɪˈkeɪm /

verb

1. the past tense of become

Example Sentences

That became particularly evident during the pandemic, when such employees were often told to show up for their jobs despite the health risks.

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A Kenyan family has told the BBC how a cheetah cub they adopted after finding it lying next to its dead mother became almost like one of their children.

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After the war, he became an artist and Holocaust educator.

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I’m sure he was proud of the person you became and how you navigated the loss of your two children.

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Ken Belson’s “Every Day Is Sunday” documents how the NFL became an “immensely profitable American religion, complete with acolytes, pomp, and tax breaks.”

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Related Words

• come 
• develop into www.thesaurus.com
• grow into 
• turn into www.thesaurus.com