bud
has budded
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present perfectof bud (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The declarative dialogue, some of the riper acting from the bit-parters – they feel as though they're hand-me-downs from older art forms, like oral storytelling, that Nollywood has budded out of.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2012
The antisprawl design movement emphasizing small homes, spaced tightly in walkable communities, has budded in cities, suburbsand now small towns.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The flower that has budded from a deep sacramental life."
From Time Magazine Archive
It wouldn't be any reason, I think, because one little green leaf has budded out, for a plant to say that it would not be kept growing in the ground any longer.
From The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
“I grow weary and careworn,” said Aphrodite, and she looked like a rose that has budded in Paradise as she spoke.
From A Book of Myths by Helen Stratton
