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

Alain had been got away to England, where he remained; but none of the others had budged.

From Coming Home 1916 by Wharton, Edith

The check thus caused allowed those who had budged a breathing space. 

From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Weyman, Stanley John