On this page you'll find 9 example sentences with Buttering. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Buttering meaning
present participle and gerund of butter
Using Buttering
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of butter
- In the example corpus, buttering often appears in combinations such as: buttering up, buttering the.
Context around Buttering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Buttering
- In this selection, "buttering" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, memory stand out and add context to how "buttering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allows for buttering and toasting and back to buttering a bagel. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "buttering" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with buttering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s Buttering Up a Roy Child 101. (8 words)
On “Sensory Memory,” buttering the edges of toast becomes a metaphor for unspoken changes in a relationship. (17 words)
A man in a GCU sweatshirt at the next table looked over at Kelley, then went back to buttering a bagel. (21 words)
Furthermore, Trump will be coming from a G6+1 meeting where he’ll be actively disliked and out of his depth, so no doubt the Kim side will exploit that with much buttering up and flat-out bribery, as that worked for China. (43 words)
While overall smaller, when separated they have a larger soft surface area because of the way they are baked which allows for buttering and toasting, which are also commonly used for convenient serving of seafood like lobster or fried clams. (40 words)
Heat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4. Prepare a 23cm springform cake tin by buttering it liberally, sprinkling in 2 to 3 tablespoons sugar, and shaking the pan until the sides are coated with sugar. (36 words)
Later when Roker rode along on a sidecar, the butter man chased him and screamed to the camera, "We're buttering you up! (23 words)
Example sentences (9)
It’s Buttering Up a Roy Child 101.
A man in a GCU sweatshirt at the next table looked over at Kelley, then went back to buttering a bagel.
Heat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4. Prepare a 23cm springform cake tin by buttering it liberally, sprinkling in 2 to 3 tablespoons sugar, and shaking the pan until the sides are coated with sugar.
Later when Roker rode along on a sidecar, the butter man chased him and screamed to the camera, "We're buttering you up!
Furthermore, Trump will be coming from a G6+1 meeting where he’ll be actively disliked and out of his depth, so no doubt the Kim side will exploit that with much buttering up and flat-out bribery, as that worked for China.
On “Sensory Memory,” buttering the edges of toast becomes a metaphor for unspoken changes in a relationship.
She tends to let her vowels run as hot as the emotional moment demands, sometimes smearing the edges of her words as if she’s buttering the beat.
While he was buttering a piece of Kaiser roll, Wolfe Goldberg, with his dachshund on a leash, rang the front bell.
While overall smaller, when separated they have a larger soft surface area because of the way they are baked which allows for buttering and toasting, which are also commonly used for convenient serving of seafood like lobster or fried clams.
Common combinations with buttering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- buttering up 2×
- buttering the 2×