: a fur formerly prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool outward
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Examples of budge in a Sentence
Verb
Their horses refused to budge.
The door was stuck, and we couldn't even get it to budge.
Could you try opening this jar for me? I can't budge the lid.
We tried to change her mind, but we couldn't budge her.
Recent Examples on the Web
Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t known as a team that easily budges on trade demands.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024
Marie Sapirie, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
His hemoglobin A1c was a 6.3 at Canyon Ranch; his doctors at home knew about this and had been trying to get the number to budge to no avail with medication, Metformin.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Rob Davis, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2024
Why budge if, as many analysts argue, Syria is the central front in a larger war between Sunnis and Shiites?
—Lionel Beehner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2015
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Noun
The states change a bit — but the number hardly budges.
—Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t known as a team that easily budges on trade demands.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024
Verb
But the preamble suggests that Treasury might be unwilling to budge much.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
His hemoglobin A1c was a 6.3 at Canyon Ranch; his doctors at home knew about this and had been trying to get the number to budge to no avail with medication, Metformin.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Nike hasn’t seen its emissions budge in the past decade, despite promises to sharply reduce them.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2024
Why budge if, as many analysts argue, Syria is the central front in a larger war between Sunnis and Shiites?
—Lionel Beehner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2015
See all Example Sentences for budge
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“Budge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budge. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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