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Buts is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Buts in a sentence

Related words

Buts | But | Butswat | Buter | Butschek | Buting | Butsch | Butschi

Buts meaning

plural of but

Using Buts

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of but
  • In the example corpus, buts often appears in combinations such as: and buts, or buts, no buts.

Context around Buts

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

ifs 2× platform 1× busy 1× head 1× big 1×

Often after:

except 1× duterte 1×

Sentence patterns with Buts

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

ifs and buts 3× ands or buts about it 2× of ifs buts and maybes 2× adults are buts out there 1× ands or buts 1× ands or buts the water 1× are no buts except one 1× get busy buts that s 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

no ifs ands 2× brian climbs to 1× earlier on thursday 1× i will say 1× it can get 1× modern video games 1×

Common sentence endings:

ifs and buts 3× ands or buts 1× buts about it 1× buts except one 1× buts was long 1× dealing with it 1×

Words around Buts

Just before it in the word index:

butowsky 3 butorphanol 2 butorac 2 buton 2 butoku 3 butoh 3

Just after it in the word index:

butsch 2 butschek 3 butschi 2 butswat 6 butt 602 butta 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aberrant 31 abloh 31 absurdities 31 acceptor 31 acetaminophen 31 achaemenid 31

Corpus analysis for Buts

  • In this selection, "buts" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ifs, platform, busy, except and duterte stand out and add context to how "buts" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ifs and buts and ands or buts about it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "buts" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with buts

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Adults are buts out there. (5 words)

There are no ‘buts’ – except one. (6 words)

The list of buts was long. (6 words)

Longer example sentences

This is an open call, an open challenge, to the Leader of the Opposition and his MPs in Parliament – and to the surrogates in the newspapers, radio and TV – please answer the questions posed in this column simply; we want no “ifs and buts”. (44 words)

He said in the Sunday Times that an agreement might not be struck with Brussels by then, but there was a “new clarity of mission, we will exit the EU on October 31, no ifs, no buts, no more delay”. (40 words)

I will say that, but in a game full of ifs, buts and maybes I am not going to say that’s the reason why we haven’t got the result we wanted. (33 words)

Question examples

The question we want to ask ourselves is: When it comes to my Christian life, do I have big buts? (20 words)

Example sentences (20)

But that’s a lot of ifs, buts and maybes, and the only certain thing is that just goal difference is keeping them off the foot of the table.

Earlier on Thursday, PM Modi called terrorism an “enemy of humanity” and that there can be no ifs and buts while dealing with it.

It's going to happen, no 'ifs' 'ands' or 'buts,' the water is coming," said Kings County Sheriff David Robinson.

Modern video games are amazing; no ifs, ands, or buts.

Some post titled Japanese Girl is available on the reddit platform, buts the links to it is broken, making the video unavailable to netizens.

There are no ‘buts’ – except one.

This is an open call, an open challenge, to the Leader of the Opposition and his MPs in Parliament – and to the surrogates in the newspapers, radio and TV – please answer the questions posed in this column simply; we want no “ifs and buts”.

It can get busy buts that’s because it’s popular.

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I will say that, but in a game full of ifs, buts and maybes I am not going to say that’s the reason why we haven’t got the result we wanted.

No ifs, ands, or buts about it, we had at least two people there the entire day, regardless of the time on Black Friday.

Adults are buts out there.

The list of buts was long.

Brian climbs to the top rope and Sami meets him there and they start trading head buts and Sami piledrivers Brian off the top rope for the win.

He said in the Sunday Times that an agreement might not be struck with Brussels by then, but there was a “new clarity of mission, we will exit the EU on October 31, no ifs, no buts, no more delay”.

He said the UK would leave the EU on 31 October "no ifs, no buts".

No, ifs, ands, or buts about it.

The question we want to ask ourselves is: When it comes to my Christian life, do I have big buts?

There are, of course, multiple scenarios - lots of things that could go on that list, lots of ifs and buts.

The West Philippine Sea is ours, no ifs and buts,” Duterte said when he explained his stand on our country’s territorial dispute with China.

Your description must be clear, no ifs and buts.

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Common combinations with buts

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "buts" in a sentence?
An example: "But that’s a lot of ifs, buts and maybes, and the only certain thing is that just goal difference is keeping them off the foot of the table." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "buts" from authentic English texts.
What does "buts" mean?
Buts means: plural of but
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