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Example sentences for "buns"

Lexicographically close words:
bunks; bunkum; bunnet; bunnies; bunnit; bunt; bunted; bunting; buntlines; bunts
  1. A polar bear in captivity has been seen making a current with its paw in the water of its pool in order to secure floating buns without trouble--an instance of sheer intelligence.

  2. At the edge of the peninsula it scooped the water gently with its huge paw and made a current which brought the buns ashore.

  3. All the lassies and the laddies Come to me and buy Buns and bread and muffins sweet, And all my jelly pie.

  4. This is the way we eat the cakes, And pies and buns the pie-man makes, And when we are through we ask yet for more, While we dance on the baker’s clean wood floor.

  5. But bless you, Jossy, was it likely, after those buns and the dinner he'd had?

  6. When he got near the end of bun Number 1, he looked up as near choking as they make them, and said-- "I like buns awfully.

  7. Tom gave all the buns to the dragon, saying: "Here, try to eat a little.

  8. The children were fed at the town's expense--on whatever they liked; and they ate nothing but cake and buns and sweet things, and they said the poor dragon was very welcome to their bread and milk.

  9. Besides its mail, Green Valley usually buys two cents' worth of yeast and a dozen of baker's buns and then goes down the street and orders its regular groceries at Jessup's.

  10. And so though Green Valley buys only its yeast and buns over his little counter he is happy and wraps each purchase up carefully.

  11. As you dispose of those cinnamon buns you forget that Bessie's voice is a trifle too high and too sweet, and that she is inclined to be at times a bit overly religious and too watchful of what she calls "vice" in people.

  12. Brush a second time with the sugar-and-milk mixture and allow the buns to remain in the oven until they are well browned.

  13. For buns and small cakes, a moderate quick oven.

  14. If your yeast is not good, do not attempt to make buns with it, as they will never be light.

  15. Buns may be made in a plainer way, with the following ingredients, mixed in the above manner.

  16. If the sugar is not stirred in slowly, a little at a time, the buns will be heavy.

  17. So general is the use of them on January 1st, that the cheaper sorts are hawked about the streets, as hot Cross buns are on Good Friday in London.

  18. Sophie says she went up there one day with some friends, and she had buns and lemonade and all kinds of things, in a little house, a funny small house, she says, that is up there on the top.

  19. Then we shall sleep in that little house at the top, among the buns and the lemonade," said Mervyn.

  20. Think on this sacred festival; Think why Cross Buns were given; Then think of Him who dy'd for all, To give you right to Heaven.

  21. As Chelsea was long famous for its buns--which are mentioned by Swift to Stella, in 1712--it was not to be wondered at that it should be celebrated for its production of hot cross buns on Good Friday.

  22. In the medieval church, buns made from the dough for the consecrated Host were distributed to the communicants after Mass on Easter Sunday.

  23. Never mind, we will get more buns as we go out," said Alexia.

  24. A plentiful supply of buns was procured, and the children, with shrill screams and whoops of delight, started off for the ducks and the water.

  25. Maggie went an' threw all the buns to the ducks, she did--little stupid.

  26. Fully conscious that he held the center of the stage, Tylo advanced, waving his tail and casting amiable glances upon the children as they came crowding around, buns and cake forgotten.

  27. There would be tea of course, buns in plenty, possibly cake.

  28. Come, take up arms and carry a basket of buns for me this afternoon.

  29. Frances seized a basket of buns and for a time was so occupied with playing Lady Bountiful to a host of little hands, now rather grimy, that it seemed quite natural to be sharing in this unusual festivity.

  30. When buns are done, the tops may be wet with molasses and milk, sugar and milk, or spread with beaten white of egg, dusted with sugar and set in the oven to dry.

  31. I like the buns very much, but I am not hungry.

  32. On the counter stood a large tray of buns and tea-cakes--'splits' as they call them in those parts.

  33. Seeing the poor quiet faces lifted to me, from which every bit of spirit seemed to have gone, I wished I had my pockets full of buns for them.

  34. But buns were not likely to be there; and of money I had none: buying one of the best editions of Shakespeare had just cleared me out.

  35. Everybody down below seemed to be eating oranges or buns or chocolate.

  36. There was no mistaking the snails for anything except snails; but the other articles were either currant buns or plain buns that had been made in an unscreened kitchen.

  37. Reginald and I were going to get some buns at a shop.

  38. And we'll find a shop and have some buns and ginger-beer.

  39. The remembrance of the fresh milk and the nice buns came gratefully before the memory of the tired child now.

  40. In an unconscious manner she paused before a restaurant, where she and several other girls of Lavender House had more than once been regaled with buns and milk.

  41. Meanwhile the rest of the intended victims managed to escape.

  42. Simonides had dared to say: 'One horrible Charybdis waits for all.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "buns" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.