How to Use butte in a Sentence

butte

noun
  • No eyes, no nose, just a butte with shadows.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The new age movement brought flocks of people to its buttes, canyons and trails.
    — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • In 1999, a fire slipped over that same ridge and burned the butte for days.
    — Tessa Love, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The trail levels out, then curves around the backside of the butte and returns to the trailhead.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
  • In the shadow of two buttes, Alex Cobb’s four-month odyssey came full circle.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The restaurant scene up on the butte, as it's known amongst locals, has developed over the years.
    — Sara Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2021
  • In Arizona's high country, the leaves could soon match the color of some of the buttes.
    — Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Old said most people who visit the butte simply drive to the top for the expansive views.
    — Eric Barker, The Seattle Times, 10 June 2018
  • The fox apparently has a den in a butte near the stadium and comes over all the time to snack.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Cerro Batoví in Uruguay, a butte capped with the Parana flood basalt.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2014
  • Palm trees and cactuses stipple the town, and reddish buttes rise in the distance.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 June 2023
  • The unique red rock buttes often show up in movies, calendars and magazines.
    — Staff, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • Towering buttes shoot out of waving prairie grasses.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026
  • On-site trails and yoga atop a butte make for a complete wellness package—one that will spur an appetite.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Bring a tent and find a primitive site either in the prairie at the base of the buttes or tucked into the junipers.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
  • It is named for twin buttes that jut above the landscape and is full of ancient cliff dwellings and tribal artifacts.
    — Laura Parker, National Geographic, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Its gorgeous canyons are filled with prehistoric buttes (narrow, flat-top hills) and sandstone spires.
    — Kristi Valentini, Redbook, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The road back down to street level curls around the back of the butte in a series of steep straights, fast turns and road imperfections.
    — William Roberson, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Float in a hot air balloon over Sedona's otherworldly red rock buttes.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In a remote corner of southern Utah, twin buttes tower over a rugged landscape of rolling foothills and jagged red rock.
    — Orrin G. Hatch, The Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The trail from there leads around and up Quincy Bluff, the natural area's namesake two-mile-long butte.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2017
  • This sea of sharp buttes and sky-high pinnacles offers numerous west-facing vantage points.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Mar. 2026
  • On the second half of the hike, the pastures widen to expose lovely views of mountaintops above and towns, buttes and hills far below.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 13 July 2018
  • The monument is named for the twin buttes that jut above a horizon of red-rock formations, with both high mountain peaks and sandstone canyons.
    — National Geographic, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The red rock buttes here are said to house mysterious cosmic forces that are conducive to healing and self-exploration.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Take in jaw-dropping views of the Painted Desert, a colorful expanse of hills, buttes, and mesas.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Its red rock buttes are said to house mysterious cosmic forces conducive to healing and self-exploration.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Look for Wildlife Throughout the park, bison lumber along the road and prairies, while feral horses flounce about the buttes.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026
  • Most of the land in the buttes is held by a small number of legacy families who primarily use the fields for grazing cattle and sheep.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
  • There’s a strong sentiment among many of the ranchers that the buttes’ tranquil splendor would be lost if the state started letting in the public.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024

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