butter
Example Sentences
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Tahini has a kind of quiet luxury to it — less sweet than nut butters, less showy, with a soft, earthy depth that can tip, just slightly, into bitterness in a way that feels intentional.
From Salon
He keeps plastic butter containers stuffed with rings found while he’s out searching for fun.
The pair, who live in a cramped studio apartment in a crumbling colonial-era building, can’t afford butter or mayonnaise, so breakfast is a piece of plain bread.
From Los Angeles Times
Martha Stewart’s recipe for Perfect Scrambled Eggs calls for just butter, salt and pepper.
From Salon
“The bread and butter…for GM is still very much U.S. trucks,” he says.
From Barron's
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