budge
verb (used without object)
to move slightly; begin to move.
had budged
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past perfectof budge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The industry had long appealed the EPA to allow alternative uses of phosphogypsum, but this was the first time the agency had budged.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2022
No one on the sidewalk in front of the baggage claim had budged.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2016
Sea winds had budged Kill Devil Hill some 50 ft. a year before Army engineers anchored it with hardy grasses and shrubs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Seth Barker I do not believe had budged an inch the whole time I was reading.
From The House Under the Sea A Romance by Sir Max Pemberton
The check thus caused allowed those who had budged a breathing space.
From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Stanley John Weyman
