budge in a sentence

We had to budge the table to make room for the new sofa.

Despite the heat, the ice cream in the freezer wouldn't budge and remained frozen solid.

Since the door was made of solid oak, it was difficult to push open, and I had to use all my strength to get it to budge.

Budge up, I need to get to the trash can to throw something away.

As soon as the storm hit, the tree began to budge and sway in the wind.

As soon as the directorate announced the new policy, the employees started protesting against it, claiming that it was unfair and would negatively impact their work-life balance, but the management refused to budge.

I'm sorry, but I can't budge on my decision to drop this class.

I'm sorry, but I can't budge on my decision to take a gap year.

I'm sorry, but you'll have to budge out of the way so I can get through.

I'm sorry, but I can't budge on my decision to transfer to another school.

Budge over, I need some space to take notes.

I wish my roommate wouldn't budge in on my personal space all the time.

He struggled as the spade uprooted over a stubborn weed that refused to budge.

I had to budge in and speak up during the group project because no one else was contributing.

It's important to be patient and not budge in when someone is speaking.

She tried to brush off the spider from her arm, but it wouldn't budge.

She tried to pull away hesitantly from the spider crawling on her arm, but it wouldn't budge.

The broom got caught onto the door handle and wouldn't budge.

Budge aside, I need to grab my water bottle.

Budge aside, I need to grab my phone charger.

Budge aside, I need to grab my laptop charger.

Budge aside, I need to grab a pen from my bag.

Budge up, I need to grab my pen from the desk.

Sorry, I need you to budge up so I can grab my textbook.

Budge up, I need to grab my backpack from under the chair.

I tried to winkle about the professor's grading policies, but she wouldn't budge.

The teacher refused to budge on the grading policy, insisting on strict standards.

I scrubbed the bathroom for hours, yet the grime wouldn't budge.

Even though she had used every cleaning product in the house, the grime on the bathroom tiles refused to budge.

The rock was firmly lodged in the ground and wouldn't budge.

The athlete managed to budge the heavy weight off the ground.

The tree roots had grown so deep that they wouldn't budge, even with a chainsaw.

The tree roots had grown so deep that the fence post wouldn't budge no matter how hard we pulled.

The tree roots had grown so deep that they couldn't budge them with a shovel, so they had to bring in heavy machinery to remove them.

The seller of the vintage guitar wouldn't budge on the price or accept anything but cash on the barrelhead.

The politician refused to budge on his stance on gun control, despite public outcry.

She wanted to haggle over the price, but he refused to budge.

I tried to haggle down the price of the car, but the seller wouldn't budge.

The seller was unwilling to budge, but they managed to haggle through to a discounted price.

Despite my best efforts to haggle, the seller refused to budge on the price of the rare book.

I tried to haggle with the car salesman, but he wouldn't budge on the price, so I had to fork over the full amount.

He tried to rip the paper in half, but it wouldn't budge.

I had to budge aside a group of people to get to the front of the lecture hall.

I'm trying to budge my way through this crowded hallway.

He tried to push the closed door open, but it wouldn't budge, leaving him stranded in the hallway.

The lock was jammed, so I used a hammer to make it budge.

Since the lock was rusted shut, we had to use a hammer to make it budge.

The door handle was broken and wouldn't budge.

I twisted the door handle, but it wouldn't budge.

The handle for the window was stuck and wouldn't budge.