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 CooneyExamples 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
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Uncle Sam has been on a spending bender and has a $2-trillion deficit to tame.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
There’s also a huge drive for originality, for movies which are genre blenders, benders or flippers.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 July 2025
If Florida’s central Gulf Coast — traditionally a magnet for Midwestern retirees and spring break beach benders — is worthy of world-class architecture and a high-society brand like Waldorf Astoria, who’s to say Raleigh-Durham and Colorado Springs aren’t next?
—Peter Lane Taylor, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Digs, seams, benders, posts — Ward will make his money in the NFL on aggressive routes between the numbers.
—Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
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Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
There’s also a huge drive for originality, for movies which are genre blenders, benders or flippers.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 July 2025
If Florida’s central Gulf Coast — traditionally a magnet for Midwestern retirees and spring break beach benders — is worthy of world-class architecture and a high-society brand like Waldorf Astoria, who’s to say Raleigh-Durham and Colorado Springs aren’t next?
—Peter Lane Taylor, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Digs, seams, benders, posts — Ward will make his money in the NFL on aggressive routes between the numbers.
—Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bender
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“Bender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bender. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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