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
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And, to be real, Friday only works because Chris Tucker is on a bender.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2025
Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni and Richard E. Grant headline the A24 genre bender.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
The next morning, hungover from her bender and stirring awake in an unfamiliar place, Julia juts out her tongue to moisten her dry mouth.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
These metrics can fluctuate pretty wildly as teams go on shooting benders and goalies make (or don’t make) saves.
—James Mirtle, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2025
Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni and Richard E. Grant headline the A24 genre bender.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
The next morning, hungover from her bender and stirring awake in an unfamiliar place, Julia juts out her tongue to moisten her dry mouth.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
These metrics can fluctuate pretty wildly as teams go on shooting benders and goalies make (or don’t make) saves.
—James Mirtle, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Bender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bender. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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