How to Use budge in a Sentence
budge
verb
- The door was stuck, and we couldn't even get it to budge.
- We tried to change her mind, but we couldn't budge her.
- Their horses refused to budge.
- Could you try opening this jar for me? I can't budge the lid.
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When the latch on the second crate flipped, the wolf didn’t budge.
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Jesse Bedayn,
Fortune,
20 Dec. 2023
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Plant the flag, don’t budge and bring him back to it as soon as the time is right.
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Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
22 Feb. 2023
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Thanks to the sandbags, the tent didn’t even budge under heavy gusts of wind.
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Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
4 May 2023
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The public won’t budge until our backs are against the wall.
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Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
24 Jan. 2023
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When Landis, who wouldn’t budge, died in 1944, the door swung open.
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Stephen Borelli,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2023
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But not the free throw, and over the past 30 years, its success rate in the N.B.A. has barely budged from around 77.
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John Yoon,
New York Times,
30 Nov. 2023
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The pilots couldn’t budge the manual wheel to bring the nose back up.
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Dominic Gates,
Anchorage Daily News,
6 Jan. 2023
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No matter where the day leads you, your makeup will not budge.
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Erin Michelle Newberg,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2024
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But the ship — nearly as long at 2.5 football fields — didn’t budge.
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Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2023
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Nudge one oxygen atom a bit to the left, and the temperature won’t budge.
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Charlie Wood,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Nov. 2022
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This year, the day is underscored by the dour fact that the pay gap has barely budged in two decades.
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Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2023
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Neither side is in the wrong, but neither is willing to budge.
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Wayne Elsey,
Forbes,
25 Jan. 2023
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But at least one holdout on the jury, and maybe more, didn’t budge as a result.
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Jeff Burlew,
USA TODAY,
4 May 2023
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The companies denied breaking any rules and wouldn’t budge on the fees.
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Cezary Podkul,
ProPublica,
14 Aug. 2023
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Through it all, the location of second base didn’t budge, the one constant.
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John Shea,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Mar. 2023
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For this reason, the government won’t budge on the new deadline.
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Mark Saludes,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Feb. 2024
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That would mark the first time the annual rate didn't budge after nine months of declines.
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Harold Maass,
The Week,
10 May 2023
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The powder arrives in 10 shades, and won't budge through gym sweat sessions or eight-hour work days.
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Nerisha Penrose,
ELLE,
14 Apr. 2023
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The needle on the meter that measures how much the art form of opera might have moved forward this evening didn’t budge.
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Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Nov. 2022
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If the crispy bits won’t budge, fill the skillet about halfway with water and boil for a few minutes.
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Julie Harans,
Bon Appétit,
18 Jan. 2023
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The usual survival tactic was to find a patch of solid ground on the menu and never budge from it.
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Pete Wells,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2022
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After six hours of wear, the formula didn’t budge at all—nor did the color change.
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Andrea Navarro,
Glamour,
23 Feb. 2023
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Young had waited by her house for hours and had the police go over, but Murray wouldn't budge.
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Maria Lencki,
Fox News,
25 Mar. 2023
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Some might feel very strongly one way, while those on the other side also refuse to budge.
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Tarot Astrologers,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2023
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But Teta refused to budge on his stance, much to the ladies’ disappointment.
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Kimberlee Speakman,
Peoplemag,
26 Jan. 2024
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The hours of operation haven’t budged, with teams available from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2023
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