How to Use butt in in a Sentence

butt in

verb
  • Quigley says don't let your hips drop and don't stick your butt in the air.
    — Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2023
  • This is a key area where the M2 chip kicks some butt in speed.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 22 June 2022
  • In some of the pics, Gabrielle shows off her toned abs and butt in a thong bikini.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
  • No star has worked harder to put butts in seats since Barbie.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
  • One woman posed for pictures of her butt in front of smashed windows.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 9 June 2020
  • Mike gave Drew a look as though Drew had butted in with this advice.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Mendes slipped and slid, quickly finding himself on his butt in the dirt.
    — Jesse Hicks, Men's Health, 24 Jan. 2022
  • So that’s coming now to kind of bite Sam and Jay in the butt in this episode.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 21 May 2026
  • Wins put butts in the seats, get teams to the playoffs, and both mean more revenue for the future.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Trust me, this machine is going to kick your butt in the best possible way.
    — Zach Epstein, BGR, 7 Apr. 2021
  • That route will keep butts in the seats and pay the mortgage at Chase Center.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Basically, this is your sign to get your butt in gear before the planets do it for you!
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Large group tickets mean a discount for consumers and more butts in seats at the stadium.
    — Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Hold the elevated plank for 10-seconds with your ribs up and butt in.
    — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The iconic singer bares her butt in a beautiful vacation shot.
    — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 8 July 2021
  • Speaking of … Butt Dials Let’s keep track of all the butts in this show.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Sydney Sweeney showed off her strong legs and toned butt in a new Instagram video from her lake day.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Or, that of the athlete who kicks butt in the regular season, only to wilt in the playoffs.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 18 Feb. 2026
  • More juice to score points and more juice to keep fans’ butts in those MetLife Stadium seats.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The warm-fuzzies alone do not inspire butts in seats, even ones in prime Manhattan real estate.
    — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Someone had hacked off its flukes, and another person, or perhaps the same one, had stuck a cigar butt in its blowhole.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • In the image, Vonn is in a downhill tuck—which, for non-ski fans roughly translates to bent over with her butt in the air.
    — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 19 July 2023
  • Their rich dark wash is slimming, modern, and versatile, while their mid-rise cut and high back pockets lifts and shapes my butt in the best way.
    — Elizabeth Mitchell Kadar, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2026
  • For young artists, that tends to mean posting clips online, which puts butts in seats and increases follower counts, which helps get jobs.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Dua Lipa bared her butt in a completely shredded gown that plunged all the way down to her belly button.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Jerry Giesler butted in and declared that the killing was a case of justifiable homicide.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Horror movies put butts in seats, and this summer doesn’t have many other straight-down-the-middle scares in store for audiences.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • The 35-year-old singer and businesswoman posed to show off her strong body in a thong and bra set, flaunting her toned butt in the process.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 11 July 2023
  • The play that finishes at Tretter’s butt in the first quarter very well may finish in the end zone in the fourth quarter.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Fraser said in the interview that Berk reached out to shake the actor's hand, but instead grabbed his butt in a crowded room.
    — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2021

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