How to Use budding in a Sentence

budding

adjective
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  • The budding ace could be back back before the All-Star break.
    — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The budding fashion star's name caused quite a stir when she was born.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2023
  • But a 7-year-old budding artist from St. Paul has discovered the skill and found a friend in the process.
    — Joel Rippel, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Jeezy’s street-level epics rung true for the budding MC.
    — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes have a budding art critic on their hands.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 July 2022
  • Some friends then asked him to train with them in Fargo, which had a budding MMA scene.
    — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 25 June 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
  • Like the budding Russian star, all of them could produce at speed.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Join in and help advance the research in this budding and promising realm.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Back in 2008, the sisters were young teenagers trying to get their budding careers off the ground.
    — Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, 12 July 2019
  • Much of this shift stems from how and why a budding performer first makes music.
    — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The French drop is often one of the first tricks budding magicians set out to master.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Hernán Pérez was then called out on strikes, scuttling the budding rally.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2018
  • Gala or not, a host of budding authors are mighty grateful.
    — Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Franco, previously seen as a budding star on the Rays, made the All-Star team in 2023.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
  • 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
  • Rain spurs disease in the flowers and budding fruit, Wasielewski said.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • 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
  • Both of those factors can be tied to a budding La Niña weather pattern.
    — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • But now the new variant of the Covid-19 virus threatens to snuff out any budding rebound in Chicago and other big cities.
    — Peter Grant, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • Not to mention budding star, rookie slot receiver Ladd McConkey.
    — Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But even then, the Dodgers’ looming interest (and considerable scouting attention) in the budding ace was clear, as The Times reported in November 2023.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025

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