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
  • The pair went off and wrote songs for a budding side project together.
    Dayna Evans, The Cut, 20 June 2017
  • Much of this shift stems from how and why a budding performer first makes music.
    Mark Richardson, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The budding ace could be back back before the All-Star break.
    Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018
  • These budding shoots are boiled briefly, steamed, or stir-fried and taste much like sprouting broccoli.
    Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Join in and help advance the research in this budding and promising realm.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Like the budding Russian star, all of them could produce at speed.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Hernán Pérez was then called out on strikes, scuttling the budding rally.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2018
  • Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes have a budding art critic on their hands.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 July 2022
  • The budding artist has more than just a supportive mother in his corner.
    Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2022
  • Rain spurs disease in the flowers and budding fruit, Wasielewski said.
    Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • The French drop is often one of the first tricks budding magicians set out to master.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Both of those factors can be tied to a budding La Niña weather pattern.
    Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
  • The potential gains are large, but will the budding profession thrive in a harsh climate?
    The Economist, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Brady cruised past Luck, then a budding superstar in his second season, in the wild card round.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 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
  • Some friends then asked him to train with them in Fargo, which had a budding MMA scene.
    Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • The budding rap star was a few miles away at a recording studio on Sunset Boulevard.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021
  • Back in 2008, the sisters were young teenagers trying to get their budding careers off the ground.
    Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, 12 July 2019
  • 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
  • Their budding romance is a long time coming for Joelle, who spent the first season as Sam’s sidekick.
    refinery29.com, 8 May 2018
  • And wrestling pulled in another budding star that Flo Wrestling rates as the nation's best recruit pound for pound.
    Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • This is the social gathering where budding friendships are forged, and real connections are made.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Perry, who was a teenager living in Leeds, England, at the time, was a budding hiker.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • With less than a minute left in a one-possession game, the Rockets turned to budding star Amen Thompson to tie it up.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025

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