Explore Butted through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Butted meaning
simple past and past participle of butt
Using Butted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of butt
- In the example corpus, butted often appears in combinations such as: butted heads, repeatedly butted, he butted.
Context around Butted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Butted
- In this selection, "butted" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, repeatedly, head, historic, heads, mail and links stand out and add context to how "butted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include has repeatedly butted heads with and accepted that butted mail was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "butted" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with butted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Penn State, Pitt and Temple did not as Democrats and Republicans butted heads. (13 words)
Landry is a Republican who Edwards has repeatedly butted heads with over political issues. (14 words)
The media personality and the Republican lawmaker repeatedly butted heads over election denial, conspiracy theories and Donald Trump. (18 words)
But a third galaxy butted in with its own black hole, creating an unstable and chaotic scene that eventually saw one of them ejected at high speed -- fast enough to travel between the Earth and the Moon in just 14 minutes. (41 words)
The deal marks the end of a stalemate among the state’s top Republicans that lasted nearly seven months as they butted heads over how to dole out $12.3 billion in new tax breaks budgeted by lawmakers earlier this year. (41 words)
But Martiniello was not done meting out punishment and when the pair faced off outside the changing room after the game as the goalkeeper sought an explanation, the referee head-butted Ciccioli, who was taken to hospital to treat his injuries. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Very few examples of historic butted mail have been found and it is generally accepted that butted mail was never in wide use historically except in Japan where mail (kusari) was commonly made from butted links.
As he explained that his ministry had launched a programme to produce helicopter engines in St Petersburg that were previously made in Ukraine, the president butted in, complaining it was all taking too long.
But a third galaxy butted in with its own black hole, creating an unstable and chaotic scene that eventually saw one of them ejected at high speed -- fast enough to travel between the Earth and the Moon in just 14 minutes.
It's a big moment for Sydney and Richie, as the two have consistently butted heads in the past.
Landry is a Republican who Edwards has repeatedly butted heads with over political issues.
Penn State, Pitt and Temple did not as Democrats and Republicans butted heads.
The Biden administration has repeatedly butted heads with DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, who is currently facing allegations that his office mishandled investigations into missing text messages from Secret Service agents in the lead up to the Jan.
The company has butted heads with Chile’s Corfo over its leases in the Salar de Atacama, where the company’s lithium brine operations are located, but the two parties came to a resolution in January 2018.
The deal marks the end of a stalemate among the state’s top Republicans that lasted nearly seven months as they butted heads over how to dole out $12.3 billion in new tax breaks budgeted by lawmakers earlier this year.
The media personality and the Republican lawmaker repeatedly butted heads over election denial, conspiracy theories and Donald Trump.
Williams got some heat in Game 2 after he butted heads with Jimmy Butler, which helped the Heat star close out the Celtics in that game.
Last summer, Mbappe and PSG butted heads over the player's refusal to pick up his option to extend his current deal with the French champions until 2025.
Although Irving and LeBron James have since made up and apologized for the way they butted heads while teammates with the Cavs, it’s interesting to think about how the younger guard may have been impacted by the polarizing James.
But Martiniello was not done meting out punishment and when the pair faced off outside the changing room after the game as the goalkeeper sought an explanation, the referee head-butted Ciccioli, who was taken to hospital to treat his injuries.
Grossi, the longtime Cleveland sports reporter who has butted heads with Mayfield since before Mayfield even arrived in Cleveland, admitted he was in the wrong.
Having butted heads too often during the "Holy Grail" shoot, Jones and Gilliam decided it'd be best if Jones handled directing duties on their next film, "Life of Brian," himself.
Last month, police said a train passenger was head-butted to the floor and repeatedly punched in the face for asking a fellow passenger to wear a face mask on a service between Slough and Langley in Berkshire.
Martyn once head-butted two men of a party of 12 after one had racially abused a waiter in an Indian restaurant.
Sokka tried to keep up that attitude during the journey, such as when he butted heads with a fortune-teller.
That could range from pets getting into their owner's stash to snapping up butted-out joints off the ground while out for a walk.
Common combinations with butted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- butted heads 27×
- repeatedly butted 4×
- he butted 4×
- butted in 3×
- butted rings 3×
- butted mail 2×
- has butted 2×
- they butted 2×
- often butted 2×
- have butted 2×