bud
have budded
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present perfectof bud.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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Crocuses have budded in sunnier parts of the yard.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
At the edge of the bottom step a precipitous lilac branch that must have budded and bloomed in a single hour smote him stingingly across his cheek.
From The White Linen Nurse by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell
That such a feeling should have budded and blossomed in Mlle.
From Other People's Money by Gaboriau, Émile
I have budded chestnuts, black walnuts and almost all varieties of nuts that will grow here in the North.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Fable surrounds him; a circle of romantic stories have budded from his name.
From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Morris, Charles
