How to Use bud in a Sentence

bud

1 of 2 noun

• The bush has plenty of buds but no flowers yet.
• The root buds around the edge of the stem should be visible.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
• The nematodes feast on the buds and leaves of beech trees.
  — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
• There is a bud eye above each set of leaflets on a rose stem.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Watch for peach and apple and plum trees to bud and bloom.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
• The buds that did emerge were, like the ones in the Northeast, killed by a cold snap in the early spring.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
• The mild weather has been pushing out the buds of many plants.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2023
• The buds should have a slight springiness when squeezed gently.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2023
• No buds on the beach Ocean City doesn’t allow smoking on the boardwalk or the beach.
  — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2023
• That’s 32 hours from the case (up from 24 last time) and eight hours from the buds themselves (same as before).
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2024
• The grape buds and ripens early and is, therefore, in the danger zone for spring frosts.
  — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• The buds shift in ordinary use and the seal is not consistent.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Nov. 2023
• Willow ptarmigan grow plump from buds that have not yet burst as well as the leaves.
  — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2023
• The buds themselves are barely the size of my pinkie fingertip.
  — WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
• This shrub is one of the first signs of spring, breaking bud in late winter to early spring.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 4 Feb. 2023
• Thousands of round, green buds stood between 3 and 4 feet tall, and that’s a problem.
  — Tim Rockey, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
• But by and large, last year’s buds do more or less the same things as the previous year’s models.
  — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
• Features One of the best features on the buds is Auto Volume.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• That’s a common myth, but the ants are there only to gather nectar from the buds.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 16 May 2023
• There’s even a gas fireplace that gives off enough heat to cause early bud break.
  — Michael Alberty | , oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023
• That feels weird to me — but the emails also show Valve may have had very good reason to nip Dolphin in the bud.
  — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 2 June 2023
• The team says that humans have a third set of teeth available as buds, ready to grow as needed.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2023
• But Isaac would be more than willing to bring his bud into the world of web-slinging.
  — Vulture, 4 June 2023
• Step one is to get any earwax or other crud, like dust and dirt, off your buds.
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 27 July 2023
• By March, they should have been covered in flower buds.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• But right now, in the calm of the still-early hour, Ms. Mason bends to pluck a stray weed or examine a new bud.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
• Their prime target is our roses’ tender new foliage, buds and blooms and the fresh new basal breaks at the base of the plant.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
• For the most unique gifts for your bud, husband, dad, or even your boss, check out this list of the 70 best gifts for every man in your life.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 9 Nov. 2022
• The buds are housed in a smart charging case that has enough backup charge for a total of 40 hours of playing time.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• The buds first emerged Saturday, marking Stage 1, the Park Service said.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024

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bud

2 of 2 verb

• The trees budded early this spring.
• The best time to prune is now, before the tree begins to bud out.
  — oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2022
• That’s put the stewards of budding vineyards on high alert.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2023
• Too warm and the tree starts to bud, turning sap bitter and ending the maple syrup season.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
• The fuchsia magnolias begin to bud on the Champs-de-Mars....
  — Laura Manske, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
• On one end, the neural tube started to fold around day 6, on the other a tail began to bud.
  — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Aug. 2022
• But rumors have swirled over the last two weeks about a budding romance.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2023
• A lot of what Alabama does works because of the budding star.
  — Kevin Skiver, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2024
• Stanley sees the film as a highlight of her budding career.
  — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
• Use those budding art skills to make a gift that will spark all the heartwarming emotions.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
• For either type of mum, choose mums still budding and not in full bloom when picking out plants.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2023
• Their friendship was only beginning to bud, with the hope of a playdate planned on their rides to school.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 7 Dec. 2022
• During the growing season, shoots will continue to bud along the trunk.
  — oregonlive, 25 June 2022
• The secret is a small budding plant called hop, a plant of which Michigan was once a top producer.
  — Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
• Buck’s budding romance with death doula Natalia is given a good amount of screen time in the finale.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 15 May 2023
• Belly's Daisy Crochet Top The daisies, the sunshine, the budding romance — this is our dream summer in one pic.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 16 July 2023
• Both runs were driven in by budding star Kyle Tucker; the 26-year-old had a single, a home run and a walk off Manning in that game.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
• This set has everything a budding baker needs, at a great price.
  — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 12 July 2023
• This toy is best for budding musicians between 6 months and 3 years old.
  — Julie Evans, Parents, 22 Mar. 2024
• The budding romance between our very proper sleuths is not quite a slow burn – more of a sedate simmer.
  — Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2023
• The budding star also has a sweet relationship with his soon-to-be stepdad.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
• View full post on Instagram Fans seem to be taking well to the budding country music star.
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 13 Aug. 2023
• The budding director was a film school dropout and had penned the screenplay while working at a New Jersey convenience store called the Quick Stop.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024
• Now, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter has a permanent residence in L.A. – and a budding career to tend to.
  — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2023
• Andrew Loog Oldham would take over in 1963 and encouraged the budding rockers to write and compose their own songs.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
• Telfar including her and her song in the campaign is a nod to its love of New York and the rapper’s budding career as both come from Brooklyn.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Dec. 2023
• One of my tween clients, a budding actress, expressed her vision for a stage with her name in lights surrounded by a mural of a flame.
  — Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• James had missed part of his freshman season at USC, for which there were high hopes of a budding basketball career.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
• Regulation might be another tool to help build trust in the budding AI space.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2023
• Soon after, hikers will reach the pool of water — which looked to be around 4 feet deep in sections — and the waterfall, surrounded by budding sycamore and cottonwood trees.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024