bud
are budding
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present progressiveof bud.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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There are budding partnerships between the foundation and homeless facilities in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago that provide space, food and other supplies for people seeking refuge with their pets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
Cade Cavalli, MacKenzie Gore and Josiah Gray are budding arms whom the Nationals view as pieces of their future.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
Gilbert, Kirby, Munoz and catcher Cal Raleigh are budding stars, with more pitching help brewing in the minors.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Not all of them are budding influencers, though many are.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
The willows back of Dell Parsons' house are budding and all aquiver with the wildly glad, full-throated warblings of robins, bluebirds, red-winged blackbirds and bobolinks.
From Green Valley by Reynolds, Katharine
