In a sentence
Six example sentences with bud, each labelled with its topic.
He waited two hours for the light and caught one rose bud just splitting open along its outer petals.
Photography
The still life sets a half spread bud beside a wilted bloom to show two ends of the same week.
Art
In the market at dawn women sold jasmine, each bud loosened just enough to scent the whole basket.
Travel
A late frost caught every bud in the orchard half open, and the apple crop failed across the whole valley.
Environment
Viola compares hidden love to a worm in the bud, feeding on a girl's cheek before the flower opens.
Literature
Botanists photograph the same bud every hour to measure how fast the petals unfold once the temperature climbs.
Science
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