- present progressive of bud.
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
Not all of them are budding influencers, though many are.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2021
As the Northeast and Midwest regions experience earlier warm days, fruits are budding sooner.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2021
A wealth of mellow light Reflected from the skies The hill and vale is flooding; Still in their leafless guise The Jacqueminots are budding, Creating new delight By promise of surprise.
From Poems Vol. IV by Howard, Hattie