budge
verb (used without object)
to move slightly; begin to move.
unbudging
-
a word derived from
budge.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The executives made the remarks as value continues to reign supreme in an era of tariffs and unbudging inflation, and as lower-income shoppers feel the pain of the decade’s affordability crunch more deeply.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 23, 2025
His facial muscles remained as unbudging as ever, even through a raucous splotch of fans chanting, “U.S.A.! U.S.A.!”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2018
With my seatmates still unbudging, I was pitched into the aisle.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2014
Equally unbudging, Armstrong told Tygart that he held the keys to his own redemption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2013
Again he stood in, oh! such a wonderful pose, still as a statue, frozen like a hiding partridge, unbudging as a lone kid Antelope in May.
From Wild Animals at Home by Ernest Thompson Seton
