BUDGE in a Sentence
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19 example sentences for BUDGE, such as:
1. She stepped on the gas but the car didn't budge.
2. We tried to lift the rock but it wouldn't budge.
3. The trapped child was stuck tight and couldn't budge.
4. As to d'Artagnan, he did not budge from his apartment.
5. The youth had resolved not to budge whatever should happen.
2. We tried to lift the rock but it wouldn't budge.
3. The trapped child was stuck tight and couldn't budge.
4. As to d'Artagnan, he did not budge from his apartment.
5. The youth had resolved not to budge whatever should happen.
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Meanings and Examples of BUDGE
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budge
v. move very slightly
n. United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)
Classic Sentence:
1 Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up.
2 But don't try to budge; stand right where you are.
3 He raised considerable row about it, but me and Jim stuck to it and wouldn't budge; so he was for crawling out and setting the raft loose himself; but we wouldn't let him.
4 But I'm made of knotty Aroostook hemlock; I don't budge.
5 The youth had resolved not to budge whatever should happen.
6 And you two, you stand on the steps and don't you dare budge from the spot.
7 But it was impossible to make the Cossacks budge when once they had got booty and prisoners.
8 As to d'Artagnan, he did not budge from his apartment.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In 10 A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Context Highlight In 10 A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
9 Well, don't budge, then; if they come, tell them what has happened.
10 On this, as he passed, he gave Ulysses a kick on the hip out of pure wantonness, but Ulysses stood firm, and did not budge from the path.
11 I flopped down into that chair, and nothing would budge me until Mr. Soames he went for you.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
12 There we stood, well squared up before it, shoulder to shoulder and foot to foot, with our hands behind us, not budging an inch.
13 In vain the captain threatened to throw him overboard; suspended a cutlass over his naked wrists; Queequeg was the son of a King, and Queequeg budged not.
14 He has a secretary who is devoted to his interests, and never budges from the study all day.
Example Sentence:
1 She stepped on the gas but the car didn't budge.
2 The Americans are adamant that they will not budge on this point.
3 We tried to lift the rock but it wouldn't budge.
4 The trapped child was stuck tight and couldn't budge.
5 Negotiations between the union and the employers have reached a stalemate; neither side is willing to budge from previously stated positions.