butt in

Example Sentences

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Some of these contenders want to sit in the Oval Office, and there can be only one butt in the chair behind the Resolute Desk.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

"I'm going to butt in," Kagan said, cutting off Gore.

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2023

Katie Hafner: So did he- do we have any idea whether it was his idea that she join him in the work or did she just want to .. butt in?

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

"When we first started playing, I would kick his butt in every game," his dad tells me.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023

“Why do you butt in when grown people are talking?” she demanded, finding her weapon at last.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright