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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Now that his trees are budding with spring blooms, snow is coming.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
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
As the Northeast and Midwest regions experience earlier warm days, fruits are budding sooner.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2021
Now they are budding seniors, ready to enter the final, graduating class of Gridley High School in the coming autumn.
From The High School Boys' Fishing Trip by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
