plural benders
1
: one that bends
2
: spree
hungover after a weekend bender
3
baseball, informal
: curveball
… throws a nasty bender in the zone …—
Tim Kurkjian
Tim Kurkjian4
or bender tent British
: a simple shelter consisting of a framework of branches covered with a tarpaulin
The teenager had left to live in a bender, a home-made shelter in the woods …—Emma Cooney
Emma CooneySynonyms
Examples of bender in a Sentence
He went on a bender and was drunk all weekend.
didn't remember a thing after the all-night bender
Recent Examples on the Web
But just in time for the Olympic Games in Paris this summer, which kick off on July 26, the croissant seems to be donning its party clothes and going on a bender.
—Amy Thomas, Vogue, 11 June 2024
At one point, as Hunter Biden's voice was heard describing a raucous 12-day bender in Los Angeles, Jill Biden lifted her left arm and draped it around her daughter's shoulders.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 7 June 2024
After their bender battle in the Omashu markets (RIP, cabbages!), Aang gets arrested by earthbenders, but Zuko runs free thanks to Uncle Iroh valiantly taking his nephew’s place.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
Over the next six weeks or so, a trillion cicadas will emerge across the Midwest and Southeast for a brief, raucous, once-in-a-lifetime bender.
—Tejal Rao, New York Times, 6 May 2024
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Amy Thomas, Vogue, 11 June 2024
At one point, as Hunter Biden's voice was heard describing a raucous 12-day bender in Los Angeles, Jill Biden lifted her left arm and draped it around her daughter's shoulders.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 7 June 2024
After their bender battle in the Omashu markets (RIP, cabbages!), Aang gets arrested by earthbenders, but Zuko runs free thanks to Uncle Iroh valiantly taking his nephew’s place.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
Over the next six weeks or so, a trillion cicadas will emerge across the Midwest and Southeast for a brief, raucous, once-in-a-lifetime bender.
—Tejal Rao, New York Times, 6 May 2024
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“Bender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bender. Accessed 21 Jun. 2024.
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