How to Use abut in a Sentence

abut

verb
  • Their property and our property abut.
  • Miller’s land, which abuts the state park, was still in the green zone.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • The new highway garage would then abut the town's sewage treatment plant.
    — Courant Community, 27 June 2017
  • Its 113-site campground abuts the lake, which runs through the park.
    — David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Much of the land is owned by Drexel, whose main campus abuts the site.
    — Jon Hurdle, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018
  • But the ball drifted just foul, landing in the upper deck that abuts the line.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2017
  • On the main floor, an open kitchen abutted a double-height dining room.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The high school, which abuts the 10 Freeway, is in a park-poor area.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
  • The main reason was that their lots were on private roads and did not abut the public road.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The middle floor opens to a covered terrace abutting the pool area.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Follow the same procedure with the short side that abuts it (C).
    — Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Food trucks abutted the traffic lane where cars could still head south along the street, and lights hung overhead.
    — Lila Seidman, Glendale News-Press, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The property that abuts the back yard was Lovera’s, police said.
    — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 23 July 2019
  • Each tile abuts those next to it, so there are no grout lines or gaps, just a smooth stretch of gorgeous mother of pearl.
    — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The property abuts a sloping canyon.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The village of Homer Glen abuts the north property line.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • Get rid of the flammable stuff abutting your house — from wood mulch to flammable plants to trees, if their canopies are getting close to your house.
    — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The salt-tolerant grass abuts the church his family used to attend.
    — Tik Root, Time, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The large swath of desert, parts of which were in rebel hands, also abuts the Damascus and its suburbs.
    — Sarah El Deeb, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2017
  • Streets abutting hospitals and fire stations will also be cleared.
    — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Streets abutting hospitals and fire stations will also be cleared.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Streets abutting hospitals and fire stations will also be cleared.
    — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Adding to the concern is the eastern side of the building, which abuts the nearby Amtrak line.
    — Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
  • Before the war, the area abutting the school had been a little park, complete with burbling fountain.
    — Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The glacier acts like plumbing for the massive ice sheet that abuts it, sending a flow of ice into the adjacent ocean.
    — Eric Zerkel, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Your neighbors won't be able to peek through and see you quite so easily, even if their patio directly abuts yours.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 19 May 2026
  • Some cities charge 100 percent of the cost to abutting properties.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 June 2019
  • The two buildings would also abut, with buffering, the back yards of homes on Edgewood Road.
    — cleveland, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Too many studies to publish here abut the toxicity of much of our modern tech.
    — Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

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