How to Use butt in in a Sentence

butt in

verb
  • Jerry Giesler butted in and declared that the killing was a case of justifiable homicide.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The body is lying face down, and the legs swing up into the air, backward, and get placed down to the left and right side of the robot's butt in a crazy contortionist's pretzel position.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2024
  • This is a key area where the M2 chip kicks some butt in speed.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 22 June 2022
  • Quigley says don't let your hips drop and don't stick your butt in the air.
    Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2023
  • In some of the pics, Gabrielle shows off her toned abs and butt in a thong bikini.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
  • This is how my mom works: throw your butt in the fire and figure it out.
    Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Mendes slipped and slid, quickly finding himself on his butt in the dirt.
    Jesse Hicks, Men's Health, 24 Jan. 2022
  • One woman posed for pictures of her butt in front of smashed windows.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 9 June 2020
  • In the image, Vonn is in a downhill tuck—which, for non-ski fans roughly translates to bent over with her butt in the air.
    Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 19 July 2023
  • Trust me, this machine is going to kick your butt in the best possible way.
    Zach Epstein, BGR, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The 35-year-old singer and businesswoman posed to show off her strong body in a thong and bra set, flaunting her toned butt in the process.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 11 July 2023
  • Hold the elevated plank for 10-seconds with your ribs up and butt in.
    Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Sydney Sweeney showed off her strong legs and toned butt in a new Instagram video from her lake day.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The play that finishes at Tretter’s butt in the first quarter very well may finish in the end zone in the fourth quarter.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Jameela Jamil has found another forking good place in life – learning how to kick butt in the MCU.
    Jolie Lash, EW.com, 18 July 2021
  • Basically, this is your sign to get your butt in gear before the planets do it for you!
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The singer just dropped some pics showing off her epic butt in backless thong jean shorts on Instagram.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Fraser said in the interview that Berk reached out to shake the actor's hand, but instead grabbed his butt in a crowded room.
    Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2021
  • In effect, the SL tries to keep your upper body from sliding sideways; the Allanté tries to hold your butt in place.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 17 Sep. 2020
  • In the clip, the couple are walking the red carpet when Kate gives William a little pat on the butt in an adorably flirtatious gesture.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 20 Feb. 2023
  • In other words, Louisville judges don't have the right to butt in if the crime happened outside Jefferson County.
    Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The warm-fuzzies alone do not inspire butts in seats, even ones in prime Manhattan real estate.
    Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Brad Pitt is back and kicking butt in Sony’s upcoming Bullet Train.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Push through your heels and lift your butt in the air, being careful not to come up too high on your back, stop when there’s a straight line from your knee to your hips to your shoulders.
    Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The success of recent shows suggests that the right celebrity on the bill will still put butts in the seats, regardless of the quality of the vehicle.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
  • Someone had hacked off its flukes, and another person, or perhaps the same one, had stuck a cigar butt in its blowhole.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • The iconic singer bares her butt in a beautiful vacation shot.
    Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 8 July 2021
  • This little fellow sticks his butt in the morning air, so that minute water droplets are attracted to the bumps and then run down his back and into his mouth.
    Jay Harman, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2013
  • Mars says, excitedly), and she’s been up since 5 a.m. roasting a pork butt in the backyard’s Big Green Egg barbecue.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2023
  • And then, almost as if on cue, three days later, just one week short of my 41st birthday, I was knocked on my butt in a collision with an oncoming car.
    Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021

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