How to Use butter knife in a Sentence

butter knife

noun

• The same way a butter knife can be great and if it’s used the wrong way can be pretty scary.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
• Set a bread plate at the top left corner of the dinner plate, then place the butter knife on top of the bread plate.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
• Pop the pan upside down and use a butter knife to release the plastic wrap.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2023
• The fruit will be firm but easily sliced with a blunt butter knife.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2023
• Wet a butter knife and scoop out roughly 25g of filling into a dumpling skin.
  — Erchen Chang, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2024
• Run a butter knife around the inside edge of the skillet, and gently nudge the layer underneath to loosen.
  — Ronni Lundy, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2023
• Kirk’s skeleton was found in 1989 and was found with rotting clothing, an iron cross necklace and a butter knife.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2024
• Using a small offset spatula or a butter knife, smooth out the tops.
  — Jessie Sheehan, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
• Use a butter knife or another long, metal object to wiggle out the lump of frozen wax.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2023
• To remove cake from pan, carefully loosen all pan edges including the tube’s with a butter knife.
  — Bill Daley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Divide the meringue between the two cake pans and, using a small offset spatula or butter knife, smooth it out over the batter.
  — Jessie Sheehan, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
• Prep your used candle by removing any excess wax with a butter knife.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2023
• The kit also has one butter knife, two stainless steel dinner plates, one cutting board and a bottle opener.
  — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 July 2024
• Remove thin outer membrane on back of ribs by loosening with a butter knife and pulling it off; discard.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023
• The set also includes five serving utensils—a serving spoon, a pierced serving spoon, a sugar spoon, a butter knife, and a serving fork.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2023
• Loosen edges of pastry and bananas from skillet using a butter knife or small offset spatula.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
• The Bohannon firing felt another stab from the butter knife that slowly bled the program from Omaha-regular to mediocrity.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 24 May 2023
• Additionally, there are five serving utensils included in the set including a tablespoon, a pierced tablespoon, a serving fork, a sugar spoon, and a butter knife.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2023

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024