Example Sentences

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A late frost came in the spring of 2011, just after the vines had budded, killing half the crop.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2021

It was the last freeze, that came after things had budded out, that was the worst.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2014

Over in a sheltered spot behind the vault clambered a huge, overgrown, briery rose, and by some sweet impatience of nature one shoot had budded before its time.

From A Woman Named Smith by Oemler, Marie Conway

She was like a fresh rose, with the morning dew of youth on its petals—a rose that had budded and was beginning to bloom in a fair garden, far out of reach of ugly weeds.

From The Powers and Maxine by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

The others wended their way slowly down the street, feeling that their promising missionary branch had died almost as soon as it had budded.

From New Chronicles of Rebecca by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith