How to Use budding in a Sentence

budding

adjective
  • The budding fashion star's name caused quite a stir when she was born.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes have a budding art critic on their hands.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 July 2022
  • 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
  • The French drop is often one of the first tricks budding magicians set out to master.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • It’s also goofy, sweet, and hopeful in a way that may make budding cynics roll their eyes but touched the heart of this aging one.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
  • Over the weekend, the model and budding chef, 24, appeared to have hopped on the buzz cut train after years of having luscious locks.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The budding artist has more than just a supportive mother in his corner.
    Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2022
  • Big Ten defenders learned last season that Allen, a 17-year-old freshman at the time, was a budding star.
    Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • But the budding depth shows what’s possible should the Orioles begin to approach trades from the other side.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Now a major champion and budding star in China, Yin ranks No. 2 in the world behind Vu.
    Beth Ann Nichols, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Perry, who was a teenager living in Leeds, England, at the time, was a budding hiker.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The comments accompanying the clip are filled with love for the budding couple.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Robert De Niro’s grandson, a 19-year-old budding actor, has died, the family said.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 July 2023
  • But Corona Ruiz was also the first of the two budding cooks to receive training, starting at age 13, at a culinary school in San Juan.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Kowalski’s 6-year-old son Chase Kowalski, a budding triathlete, was one of the first-graders who died in Sandy Hook.
    Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2022
  • But in that area, budding trees, still standing, leaned at wild angles among tall bare trunks of other trees that were snapped and twisted apart.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Apr. 2023
  • From easy arts and crafts to gardening ideas that will put your budding green thumb skills to the test, let this list be your go-to for springtime merriment.
    Country Living, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The budding artist has spent the last several years taking photographs along his 92-mile route.
    Pat McDonogh, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2022
  • Now that Tom Brady is retired, his new career as a budding menswear designer is already off to a great start.
    Men's Health, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Vera Pruitt, who has worked as a flight attendant for eight years (and is a budding social media star), has the answer.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Taylor Swift was on hand as rumors of a budding relationship with Travis Kelce hit a fever pitch.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2023
  • As an adult, Mr. Epstein falsely claimed to have had a budding career as a concert pianist.
    New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • As a budding celebrity in Washington, the eaglet was captured hatching on video, with live-stream cameras placed close to the nest.
    Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • At 19 years old, the budding artist held his first personal exhibition at a gallery in the eastern city of Jinan.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The popular set has six fully sized orchid blooms and two budding blooms, all displayed in a fluted blue vase.
    Esther Carlstone, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The work has fed into a budding number of commercial efforts.
    Karen Hao, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022

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