How to Use budding in a Sentence

budding

adjective
  • But a 7-year-old budding artist from St. Paul has discovered the skill and found a friend in the process.
    Joel Rippel, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Bronny isn’t the only one in the family with a budding online career.
    cleveland, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Fans of a budding Sacramento rapper have taken to social media to mourn his death after a weekend shooting.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2020
  • Billboard compiled a timeline of the rapper and comedian's budding love while staying indoors.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Perhaps folks who are angry at these little budding gems might want to take my Harley for a morning walk and savor the shapes and colors that range from pale lilac to periwinkle.
    Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • In 2002, Robert Saleh gave up a budding career in banking to pursue his passion as a football coach.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2020
  • So many choices in adulthood can send us down different paths: new jobs, budding homestead operations, caring for ailing parents.
    Carolyn Highland, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024
  • And yet, this acknowledgment hasn’t made any of the budding criticism around the movie, out Nov. 22, any easier to encounter.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
  • In her latest sit-down, Christina revealed that Taylor, her oldest child with Tarek, is already a budding designer.
    Joseph Neese, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Thanks to press credentials from the student newspaper at Messmer Catholic High School, the budding reporter got in for free.
    Samantha Hendrickson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2020
  • There's considerable wry humor in this humbling reality check for a budding artist already being encouraged by his inner circle to see himself as a star.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Moreover, the Europeans will see how budding players from lower-quality divisions fare against the best, informing their moves in the transfer market.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The budding fashion star's name caused quite a stir when she was born.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Jeezy’s street-level epics rung true for the budding MC.
    Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes have a budding art critic on their hands.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 July 2022
  • Some friends then asked him to train with them in Fargo, which had a budding MMA scene.
    Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • And the defense, from the line to the secondary, has budding superstar talent across the board, ready to make a jump.
    Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Xavier Louis-Jacques was a budding polymath whose life ended at the age of 19.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Like the budding Russian star, all of them could produce at speed.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Much of this shift stems from how and why a budding performer first makes music.
    Mark Richardson, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The French drop is often one of the first tricks budding magicians set out to master.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023
  • How did your time in the Army, stationed in Japan—amid the art scene of galleries and theaters—affect you as a budding artist?
    Cody Delistraty, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Franco, previously seen as a budding star on the Rays, made the All-Star team in 2023.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
  • Got Talent has a budding new Elvis Presley on their hands.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 8 June 2022
  • These budding shoots are boiled briefly, steamed, or stir-fried and taste much like sprouting broccoli.
    Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Rain spurs disease in the flowers and budding fruit, Wasielewski said.
    Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • Rather than start the game behind the wheel of a low-horsepower commuter car, Grid Legends puts you at the helm of a budding race team.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Both of those factors can be tied to a budding La Niña weather pattern.
    Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
  • Since the release of the EP, this budding superstar explained that it was well received, as has been with most of her work.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 3 Oct. 2023
  • And while menswear is the bedrock of the brand, a budding female clientele is already knocking on Vowels’ door.
    Lily Templeton, WWD, 16 Sep. 2024

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