butter

Example Sentences

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Remembering that she once said she craved white bread with butter and honey—all scarce commodities during the war, especially in this backwater—Nanning sets off on a mini-odyssey to gather them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

I’ve done it with apples — layering applesauce, apple butter and roasted fruit into a cake that tastes like fall — and with egg salad, where richness builds from every direction.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

In the core public-markets arm, BlackRock’s iShares exchange-traded funds remain its bread and butter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Anyone who looked closely would have spotted another product in the corner: a container of Jif peanut butter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

There was Ratwin’s fresh-caught finch fish, and toast with slabs of melting butter.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell