: 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
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Her campaign, according to people familiar with the matter, believed that muting the microphones will make Trump appear more disciplined, and expressed frustration that ABC was not willing to budge on the rule.
—Hadas Gold, CNN, 10 Sep. 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
For example, someone asks how to open a jar that has a stuck screw-on top that won’t seem to budge.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Her campaign, according to people familiar with the matter, believed that muting the microphones will make Trump appear more disciplined, and expressed frustration that ABC was not willing to budge on the rule.
—Hadas Gold, CNN, 10 Sep. 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 1 Oct. 2024.
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