How to Use butt in a Sentence

butt

1 of 2 noun
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  • The way it’s cut around the legs and the butt is perfect.
    — Neha Tandon, womenshealthmag.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • This year seemed to be more about the butt than the boobs for the Met Gala.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
  • And turnovers down the stretch almost bit us in the butt.
    — Scott Sepich, oregonlive, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Lift your chest, arms and legs off the ground and squeeze your butt.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2023
  • And, thus, the Timberwolves were back to being the butt of the joke.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The butt of a rifle struck him in the side of the head, knocking him off his feet.
    — Jeremy Redmon, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
  • This man needs to get off his butt (and his phone) and help with his own kids!
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • Push your butt back, bend your knees, and reach down to grip the handles.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 21 June 2023
  • Cuts of Ham Whole Ham Whole hams include both the butt ham and shank ham from the leg.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Push your butt back and hinge at the waist to bend down to grab the bar on either side of your legs.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Coat the pork butt with the dry spice rub on all sides and place on top of the onion mixture in the crockpot.
    — Contributing Writer, Orange County Register, 4 May 2024
  • The duo was dressed to kick butt, and the costumes helped convey that sense of power.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Push your butt back, then lower your torso to reach down and grab the bar.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Tan also noted that the show never makes a child the butt of any joke.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Slowly lower the bar by pushing the butt back and gliding the bar right along the thighs.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 7 Aug. 2023
  • To correct it: Make sure to push your butt back into a hinge.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • That’s enough room for nine chickens, eight rib racks, or six pork butts.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Your butt should be up against the wall so that your body is at a 90-degree angle.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 31 Mar. 2023
  • How to: Start kneeling at back of mat with toes tucked and butt resting on heels.
    — Women's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Because there’s something very f—ing wrong with the butt right now.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Each of these knives has had its butt kicked—and its belly, bolsters, spine, and scales.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Alfred made the mistake of looking up at one point, only to be struck on the head with the butt of a gun.
    — Theresa McKinney, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Then, slowly bend right knee and send hips backward to lower butt close to the ground.
    — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Don't rush the movements, and don't lose tension or allow your butt to raise.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 24 July 2023
  • Firm on one end, yielding on the other, its very parts — the shaft, throat, head, rim, butt — are named with a wink-wink.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Fans obsess over who’s voicing him, and the size of the character’s butt.
    — WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Rest your butt on your heels, knees slightly wider than torso, and hands in lap.
    — Madeline Howard, Women's Health, 23 Feb. 2023
  • As Joel flails in the fog, someone emerges and knocks him unconscious with the butt of their rifle.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2023
  • This version of the butt lift is performed on patients with less body fat.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 18 Oct. 2023
  • She was seen in photos and videos with the butt of a pistol jutting from her waistband.
    — Alanna Durkin Richer The Associated, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2023
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butt

2 of 2 verb
  • Clamp a stop block to the miter gauge fence, and butt the workpiece to it [5].
    — Rosario Capotosto, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2021
  • But that doesn’t mean the two won’t butt heads in the future.
    — Fortune, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Align the bottom and side boards of the phone caddy in an L shape, butting the joints.
    — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • At the same time, Bynes was butting heads with her parents.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
  • About 20 feet below the balcony, on the floor of the large domed barn, two of the half-dozen dairy cows were butting heads.
    — Arielle Gordon Alexandra Genova, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The pair would inevitably butt heads, and Tetewsky would then run those projects into the ground.
    — Natalia Winkelman, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • The crook of your hand between those two fingers should butt up against the back of the dorsal fin.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023
  • But this is far from the first issue that Staten and Davis have butted heads over.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
  • This is where human cities butt up against the wilderness.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
  • That said, Bryan and Sam butted heads with creative differences all the time.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The controversy seems to divide the group, as many of the ladies appear to butt heads on the matter.
    — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 21 July 2021
  • Then butt the adjoining side piece against it and start cutting.
    — Paul Steiner, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Any collective is going to butt heads from time to time.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Some people thrive on butting right up against deadlines.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • And Ramona isn't the only woman to butt heads with the newcomer.
    — Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Head-butted by a Maine Moose In this video from 2015, the drama intensifies.
    — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • At least one union has made some progress in butting heads with Hollywood studios.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 6 June 2023
  • Cartier and Tiffany aren’t the only luxury rivals to butt heads in a court room, though.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Instead, pachycephalosaurs may have used their heads to butt each other along the flanks or hips as part of their combat.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2023
  • There are more valuable things to do than butt heads with everyone who disagrees with you.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The ideal position is: butt a few inches above the floor, hip crease below the knees, toes pointed forward, heels flat (A).
    — Ben Court, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Slip a stretcher over the connector on each leg, butt it tightly to the adjoining surface, and tighten the setscrews.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2021
  • The lead prosecutor and defense lawyer got into a heated argument over the mom's meltdown, and butted heads the rest of the day.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In Paradise's case, it was not only butted up against forest, it was intertwined in the forest.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Twitter and the Modi administration were bound to butt heads in court over free speech.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 6 July 2022
  • The comments come as Facebook continues to butt heads with Apple.
    — Fortune, 23 June 2021
  • Best for use where: The cooling formulation works best on the thighs, stomach, and butt, where it should be applied daily.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Every other Scout there seemed to have their friend groups established, and Audrey didn’t want to butt into those.
    — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Stevens and Levin are set to face each other in a forum on Tuesday, the latest chance the two have to publicly butt heads in advance of the August 2 primary.
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Facebook and Netflix appeared ready to butt heads in the streaming world, and the Netflix cofounder found himself in the middle as a Facebook board member.
    — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024

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