How to Use bread-and-butter in a Sentence

bread-and-butter

1 of 2 adjective
  • Spicy bread-and-butter pickle chips add just the right amount of kick.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Spicy bread-and-butter pickle chips add just the right amount of kick.
    — Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Gas costs are a bread-and-butter issue for many families.
    — Orlando Sentinel and Miami Herald Editorial Boards, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Monken was not about to use any of his bread-and-butter looks in a meaningless contest.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2023
  • For now, some lenders are vowing to stick to the bread-and-butter basics of lending.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 2 May 2026
  • Classic dill, spicy, bread-and-butter and even quick-pickled veggies let guests mix and match to their taste.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
  • So defenses sag off them along the perimeter in order to take away those bread-and-butter cuts.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The bread-and-butter advantage among Democrats marked a sharp turnabout.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
  • There are dinner plates, salad plates, bread-and-butter plates, soup bowls, fruit saucers, cups and saucers, and serving pieces.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
  • In classic trade union fashion, the guild kept its eye on bread-and-butter issues — overtime, lunch breaks, sick days.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Even those focusing on those bread-and-butter leisure sports are taking it up a notch with world-class coaching programs.
    — Hannah Seligson, Robb Report, 19 June 2025
  • Had passes broken up over the middle on some 49ers’ bread-and-butter crossing routes.
    — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
  • Black said VanDyke had little appetite for the bread-and-butter state court cases that came with the job.
    — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Use dill pickle slices instead of bread-and-butter pickles to provide a sharp flavor contrast.
    — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 10 June 2025
  • Sitcoms taped in front of a live studio audience used to be the bread-and-butter of network television.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Finally, César and Bailey round out the meal with bread-and-butter pickles.
    — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Sellers said Harris should make sure to focus on bread-and-butter issues like medical debt.
    — Chris Megerian, The Denver Post, 30 July 2024
  • The company that once played the sporty game to invent the jumbo jet couldn’t seem to make new versions of its bread-and-butter mid-range aircraft.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • The days of pure and simple bread-and-butter unionism in UTLA are over.
    — Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The issue occupies a key nexus where the bread-and-butter concerns of workers meet the larger goals of social justice.
    — Jim Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Setting card interest rates is part of the bread-and-butter model for major banks and credit card companies.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Regional banks are facing the prospect of a slowdown in one of their bread-and-butter offerings, business lending.
    — Telis Demos, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Of bigger concern was their success against Harrison’s bread-and-butter four-seam fastball.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
  • This party-ready potato salad is made for pickle-lovers with dill pickle relish, pickled okra, and bread-and-butter pickle chips.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Some people may have viewed this as a one-off type of thing as opposed to working with a local guy who's going to be here and is going to be their bread-and-butter.
    — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2023
  • And his best routes, flare screens and intermediate digs, are the bread-and-butter concepts of a Shanahan offense.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
  • This party-ready potato salad is made for pickle-lovers with dill pickle relish, pickled okra, and bread-and-butter pickle chips.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
  • And Democrats have to stay razor-focused on the bread-and-butter and macaroni-and-cheese issues, not just the macro, the macro issues.
    — NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Sitting between 90 and 91 mph, his splitter was almost six mph faster than his bread-and-butter forkball.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The burger is finished with American cheese, housemade bread-and-butter pickles and a special sauce.
    — Sam Flemming, AJC.com, 20 May 2026

bread and butter

2 of 2 noun
  • Casual clothing has always been the company's bread and butter.
  • But that's not my bread and butter.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
  • Sure, skin care is my bread and butter.
    — Olivia Cefalu, InStyle, 22 Jan. 2026
  • While meat may be their bread and butter, farm life isn’t cheap.
    — Liz Tracy, Vox, 11 July 2019
  • The city has to be smart and can’t give away their bread and butter.
    — Nanette Lobiondo Galloway, The Seattle Times, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Stop Sales on the bread and butter spray.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Think of it as the bread and butter of wellness.
    — CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • My bread and butter is my honesty.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • My bread and butter is my honesty.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
  • My bread and butter is my honesty.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Our bread and butter are people who say things which aren’t true.
    — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
  • To round out the meal, have salad and crusty bread and butter ready.
    — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2017
  • These horror fans, that’s their bread and butter.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • But the other side to that is that that’s still their bread and butter.
    — Vulture, 14 July 2023
  • Politicians will force you to choose—that’s their bread and butter.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Jaskiewicz’s bread and butter is still putting the ball in the net.
    — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026
  • While plays are her bread and butter, the novel is calling to her.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Consider this work boot to be the bread and butter of men’s work boots.
    — John Thompson, Men's Health, 9 Dec. 2022
  • All those things are the bread and butter of good old-fashioned drama.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2024
  • To that end, an episode like tonight should really be my bread and butter.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
  • So start with that house bread and butter that's speckled with sea salt ($7).
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Through thick and thin, strikeouts are Cease's bread and butter.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
  • Television and film projects are my bread and butter.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
  • Roman, instead, shied away from his bread and butter.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Perimeter shooting is this group’s bread and butter.
    — Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The Pacers had 0 points off turnovers, which is their bread and butter.
    — J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Start off with a coffee and sampling of bread and butter for the table.
    — Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Those tax cuts alone and the economy will be the bread and butter issues.
    — Fox News, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Sight gags like that are Life in the Dreamhouse’s bread and butter.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
  • And live albums are like the bread and butter of the Gospel/worship genre.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024

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