Example Sentences

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Oh… and kudos to Appiah for taking the time to remind us of some of the institutions of higher learning that have buttered his bread.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2017

I must have buttered and bit into a huge slice of bread just so, and chewed at it with a smacking sound in just that way.

From Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin

"Oh, we are great friends, Lydia and I. I shall have buttered toast for tea to-night."

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various

They have buttered us up pretty well, and seem to think it a much more gallant affair than that of Ghuzni—in this last particular they are only doing us justice.

From Campaign of the Indus by Holdsworth, T.W.E.

Creamed Eggs in Baking-Dishes Cut six hard-boiled eggs up into bits, mix with a cup of white sauce, and put in small baking-dishes which you have buttered.

From A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl by Benton, Caroline French