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Example sentences for: became

How can you use “became” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Arriving in Nassau with a powerful force and promising amnesty for surrender, he became a legend by cleaning out many of the pirates and establishing some order.
Researchers said the find offered unprecedented opportunities: 1) to determine why mammoths became extinct; 2) to understand the world's climate at the time; and 3) to clone the animal.
Book -- Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader , by Dinesh D'Souza;
This was before a vacation on Martha's Vineyard became a synonym for the first circle of hell.
On the back of this cruel system, Jamaica gradually became the biggest sugar producer in the world and a very wealthy island indeed.