How to Use butane in a Sentence

butane

noun
  • Police say the woman used a butane torch to burn the letters and left some of them of the floor.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Gas for cooking came from a tank of butane in the backyard.
    Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, 23 Sep. 2020
  • One of the men sparked a butane torch and began searing Michael’s flesh.
    Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Teams had one hour and the use of only two butane burners.
    Beth Mlady, cleveland.com, 13 May 2017
  • Siegel noted that in at least some of the cases, the use of a THC oil, such as butane hash oil, was blamed.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The male grabbed two sets of wheel locks, a butane torch and headlight lamps and left the store without paying.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Snap in a can of butane — barely $2 apiece, enough to cover a three-day camping trip — and turn the nob to start.
    Scott Canon, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Firefighters moved a half dozen butane tanks away from the house.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2020
  • For air guns, plastic pipe is used for the barrel, and a butane lighter switch works as a trigger.
    BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The former is propane or butane; the latter is methane.
    John Dorfman, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • About 120 butane gas cylinders were found at the scene of the explosion, a house in the town of Alcanar, south of Barcelona.
    Author: Angus Berwick, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Aug. 2017
  • In most states, the fall brings with it a switch to a cheaper blend of gasoline containing more butane.
    Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The running game that found a spark against the Browns looked like a lighter out of butane and Justin Herbert failed to throw a touchdown pass out of 57 attempts.
    Adam Burke, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Brussels sprouts will be sautéed with bacon on her butane stove.
    New York Times, 20 Dec. 2021
  • When crude oil is distilled, the lightest parts to boil off are butane and propane, followed by gasoline.
    Wired, 23 Sep. 2019
  • This flameless lighter will replace all of your matches and butane lighters.
    Molly Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Each team has an hour to prepare a meal using two butane burners.
    John Benson, cleveland.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Police have since said that Sova had a knife and a butane lighter with a pistol-like handle in his hand, but no gun.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The fire’s source, according to The Telegraph, is believed to be two butane stoves found within the plane’s cargo.
    Greg Norman | Fox News, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2020
  • The loot includes an elegant gold snakes grinder, art-pop red lips ashtray, and a long gold butane lighter.
    Sophie Saint Thomas, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • His butane-torch and mis-en-place (spices, garnishes sauces) are within an easy reach.
    David Farkas, cleveland.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • That’s where my second choice, the mini portable butane stove, would come in handy.
    Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2021
  • The fire erupted in a tank containing a mixture of butane and propane, a fire official said.
    Washington Post, 26 June 2019
  • The law exempts lighters and small containers of non-odorized butane used to refill them.
    Don Thompson, The Mercury News, 2 July 2019
  • While the laptop, found in a running oven with a can of butane that exploded, was too damaged to retrieve data from, the FBI took the cell phone.
    Morgan Womack, The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2023
  • Making rosin does not require solvents such as butane and propane.
    Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • That’s handy in very cold conditions, as propane has a much lower boiling point than butane.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Add sun block, insect repellent, butane lighter and an eye wash kit.
    cleveland.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Thousands of cans of nitrous oxide and butane were inside the building, the Prosecutor's Office said.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Earlier this week, authorities said that the building was not supposed to contain the butane and nitrous oxide tanks that were found on the property.
    Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'butane.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: