: a fur formerly prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool outward
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.
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Bill Rosenblatt, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
And yet one thing never budges: they've been undocumented for over three decades.
—Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 19 Nov. 2024
Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
But the customer refused to budge from the pickup window, despite being asked multiple times, causing fury among other customers and the staff.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Sophie Kiderlin,jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Nike hasn’t seen its emissions budge in the past decade, despite promises to sharply reduce them.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Supply and Demand The problem here is simply one of supply and demand: while the supply of music grows at an increasing rate every year, the demand for it barely budges.
—Bill Rosenblatt, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
And yet one thing never budges: they've been undocumented for over three decades.
—Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
For now, prices haven’t budged, but expect price hikes.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
But the customer refused to budge from the pickup window, despite being asked multiple times, causing fury among other customers and the staff.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The works council and union have repeatedly warned of further escalation of strikes should Volkswagen's management not budge in negotiations.
—Sophie Kiderlin,jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Nike hasn’t seen its emissions budge in the past decade, despite promises to sharply reduce them.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Budge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budge. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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