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Example sentences for "butted"

Lexicographically close words:
butlers; buton; buts; butt; butte; butter; buttercup; buttercups; buttered; butterflies
  1. Lowering her head, she repeated a manoeuvre of childish days, and butted their aggressor full in the capacious middle.

  2. A girl butted in--I do not think she really knew anything.

  3. Dick butted in like you to help me," he explained.

  4. You butted into grief a-plenty when you lined up with the cattlemen in this sheep war.

  5. If you had a bunch of stones like that on you and a stranger butted in and started trailin' you, wouldn't you do your best to melt away when you had the chance?

  6. What's worryin' me more is that cuff-shooter who butted in over there on the Island.

  7. Somewhere below a heavy cake butted into the bank, and the ground swayed under their feet.

  8. Many a man had butted into his own retribution.

  9. You butted in with an answer when I was merely stating a fact.

  10. Again Epworth signaled for the juice; again tons of crickets butted against the wall only to be hurled back by the invisible force of electricity.

  11. He bombarded her with imported candy and American beauties, and cluttered up the spring with a series of whist parties, which butted into the social calendar something frabjous.

  12. Kiowa took the ball, but the umpire butted in.

  13. I must have seen you were having a beast of a time, or I mightn't have butted in with the peach, but I didn't know how deep it went.

  14. Lister declared he wanted to talk, and Duveen said presently, "I don't see why you butted in.

  15. All the same, when I saw the fellow was bullying you--" "You butted in?

  16. They arose hastily, each shifting a pistol in his pocket, and butted through the crowd which was thronged around the Judge's stand, where the old man sat quietly smiling from his cart, and Travis and Troup were talking earnestly.

  17. The lighter weight was forced back into the crowd, recovered himself, butted again, turned sideways, and was again forced back.

  18. But I'd butted in, and this was no time to back out.

  19. Sorry I butted in," says I; "but Mr. Robert sent me up with the flowers.

  20. Then, lowering his head and rushing at Chris, he butted her with such force that over she went headforemost into the ditch!

  21. Billy, however, seemed to have made up his mind that nobody had a right to stand up except himself, and, before the poor little darky could get out of his way, once more he had butted her down.

  22. One called here the Woolly Butted Gum seems identical with the black butted gum of Tasmania.

  23. Mary was taking her brassy out of the bag when Russell butted in again--with excellent advice, I must confess.

  24. He didn't wait for introductions--just butted in and took things for granted.

  25. The lake now resounds, not so much with firing as with shouts of merriment and peals of laughter, sometimes because one of the boats has butted against the other, and one of the hunters has lost his balance and got a ducking.

  26. Being brandied by a good-natured French sailor, he winked his eye; being brandied greatly, he staggered up and butted his benefactor like a man.

  27. Instantly Billy butted at him; mischievous Fred screamed and jumped on the bulwarks.

  28. He jerked a look at both of us, butted a cigarette he'd just lit--lighted another, butted that.

  29. He grinned nervously when he saw me, butted the cigarette, said in a thin voice, "This is it, Anders.

  30. Illustration: "Most singular of all was the fact that consciously or unconsciously the insect had butted out a verse.

  31. To simplify the game we caught the chosen June-bug and put some powdered charcoal on his head, so that when he butted up against the white wall he would leave a black mark in the space he hit.

  32. Before one fierce claw could reach her lamb, she had butted the assailant so fiercely in the flank that he forgot his purpose and turned with a snarl of rage to rend her.

  33. Just in time she noted his danger, and rudely butted him aside.

  34. In vain Rataplan butted the tree nearest to him with all his huge strength; it never moved, scarcely even shook, and he rolled again on the ground in despair.

  35. Not only did she stamp her feet in defiance, but butted at them with her horns in a savage manner that surprised them.

  36. As he went across the yard Black Donald ran bleating to him, and playfully butted at his leg.

  37. Yes, and I stooded on a rock, and Donald he butted me over behind!


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