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Butting in a sentence

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Butting meaning

present participle and gerund of butt

Using Butting

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of butt
  • In the example corpus, butting often appears in combinations such as: butting heads, head butting, butting in.

Context around Butting

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Butting

  • In this selection, "butting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, head, pair, despite, heads, landowners and two stand out and add context to how "butting" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include again be butting heads with and and again butting against its. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "butting" sits close to words such as aerobics, ahn and ailes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with butting

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

She already had been deducted a point for head-butting in the eighth round. (14 words)

This is more than simply two bad guys butting over rights to the spoils of war. (16 words)

Despite butting heads here or there, he said their issues had been healthy stuff to get through. (17 words)

Byers said equipment at the site will generate about 63 decibels measured about 30 feet away, noise he said butting landowners would not be able to hear, and which would not be as loud as traffic going by on the road. (41 words)

The then listed more of Heard's claims, including recorded audio of Depp admitting to head-butting Heard at one point; the magazine paused, however, to downplay Depp's explanation of how his finger was crushed in one dispute with Heard. (41 words)

When a severed arm gets fished out of the ocean by tourists, the stubbornly curious Yancy does some freelance investigating and ends up butting heads with both a shady real estate developer (Rob Delaney) and his own former employers. (39 words)

So what if you don't want Meta AI butting in every time you search for something or scroll through your social feeds? (23 words)

Example sentences (20)

A fan asked Tim if he is a part of the Veronica Rodriguez and Jamal Menzies' storyline or if the cast member is exploring his own single life since the trailer showed him butting heads with Jamal.

In fairness, Antony gave as good as he got - with the pair butting heads as their team-mates sought to separate them.

The ethnic (and to a lesser extent religious Christian) element was a constant undercurrent in the Obi-dient movement, now and again butting against its foundational liberal intent but at no time close to overwhelming it.

In the upcoming anime season, the Hero For Fun will once again be butting heads with the Monster Association while sharing screen time with the Hero Killer Garou.

Lecce have appointed Luca Gotti as coach until the end of the season to replace Roberto D'Aversa who was sacked for head-butting an opposing player last weekend, the Serie A club said on Wednesday.

She already had been deducted a point for head-butting in the eighth round.

So what if you don't want Meta AI butting in every time you search for something or scroll through your social feeds?

When a severed arm gets fished out of the ocean by tourists, the stubbornly curious Yancy does some freelance investigating and ends up butting heads with both a shady real estate developer (Rob Delaney) and his own former employers.

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Adam and gary have been butting heads, with Adam determined to prove that he is a loan shark and a violent thug.

Byers said equipment at the site will generate about 63 decibels measured about 30 feet away, noise he said butting landowners would not be able to hear, and which would not be as loud as traffic going by on the road.

Despite butting heads here or there, he said their issues had been healthy stuff to get through.

Now, Metanoia and Fresh Future Farm are forced to navigate a business deal despite a relationship strained from years of butting heads over methods and mindsets.

Olivia and Ned have been butting heads a lot lately, and he’s been a bit jealous of his wife’s growing friendship with Robert.

Philips, a “persistent offender” with a record mainly for criminal damage and fighting with police officers, had appeared before magistrates on the day of the assault for head-butting two house windows.

Sofia and Kourtney may be butting heads at the moment but it looks like Sofia still wants a productive personal and professional relationship with the rest of the Kardashian clan.

The then listed more of Heard's claims, including recorded audio of Depp admitting to head-butting Heard at one point; the magazine paused, however, to downplay Depp's explanation of how his finger was crushed in one dispute with Heard.

This is more than simply two bad guys butting over rights to the spoils of war.

You’ll know when I’m butting heads because when I butt heads, there’s only going to be one head standing and as you can see, we’re still here.

He’s also facing charges after police say he tried head-butting an officer twice, before actually hitting him in the head.

Inverurie Locos centre-half Eric Watson has apologised to his manager Neil Cooper after footage of Saturday’s Scottish Cup first round tie appeared to show the former Cove Rangers captain head-butting Wick Academy striker Davie Allan.

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Common combinations with butting

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "butting" in a sentence?
An example: "A fan asked Tim if he is a part of the Veronica Rodriguez and Jamal Menzies' storyline or if the cast member is exploring his own single life since the trailer showed him butting heads with Jamal." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "butting" from authentic English texts.
What does "butting" mean?
Butting means: present participle and gerund of butt
How many example sentences with "butting" are there?
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