How to Use bread-and-butter in a Sentence

bread-and-butter

1 of 2 adjective

• Spicy bread-and-butter pickle chips add just the right amount of kick.
  — Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
• Gas costs are a bread-and-butter issue for many families.
  — Orlando Sentinel and Miami Herald Editorial Boards, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
• Monken was not about to use any of his bread-and-butter looks in a meaningless contest.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2023
• For now, some lenders are vowing to stick to the bread-and-butter basics of lending.
  — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 2 May 2026
• Classic dill, spicy, bread-and-butter and even quick-pickled veggies let guests mix and match to their taste.
  — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
• So defenses sag off them along the perimeter in order to take away those bread-and-butter cuts.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
• Maybe a bread-and-butter or spicy pickle would yield different results.
  — Elliott Harrell, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
• The bread-and-butter advantage among Democrats marked a sharp turnabout.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
• There are dinner plates, salad plates, bread-and-butter plates, soup bowls, fruit saucers, cups and saucers, and serving pieces.
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
• In classic trade union fashion, the guild kept its eye on bread-and-butter issues — overtime, lunch breaks, sick days.
  — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
• Even those focusing on those bread-and-butter leisure sports are taking it up a notch with world-class coaching programs.
  — Hannah Seligson, Robb Report, 19 June 2025
• Had passes broken up over the middle on some 49ers’ bread-and-butter crossing routes.
  — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
• Black said VanDyke had little appetite for the bread-and-butter state court cases that came with the job.
  — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
• Use dill pickle slices instead of bread-and-butter pickles to provide a sharp flavor contrast.
  — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 10 June 2025
• Sitcoms taped in front of a live studio audience used to be the bread-and-butter of network television.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
• Finally, César and Bailey round out the meal with bread-and-butter pickles.
  — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
• Sellers said Harris should make sure to focus on bread-and-butter issues like medical debt.
  — Chris Megerian, The Denver Post, 30 July 2024
• The company that once played the sporty game to invent the jumbo jet couldn’t seem to make new versions of its bread-and-butter mid-range aircraft.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
• Lesnar returned to his bread-and-butter, delivering a fourth and a fifth German suplex.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
• The days of pure and simple bread-and-butter unionism in UTLA are over.
  — Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
• The issue occupies a key nexus where the bread-and-butter concerns of workers meet the larger goals of social justice.
  — Jim Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
• Setting card interest rates is part of the bread-and-butter model for major banks and credit card companies.
  — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
• Regional banks are facing the prospect of a slowdown in one of their bread-and-butter offerings, business lending.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
• Of bigger concern was their success against Harrison’s bread-and-butter four-seam fastball.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
• All the data equate to a bread-and-butter moment of outsize pleasure — salty, melty, nutty-malty, crunchy, porridge-y pleasure.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
• This party-ready potato salad is made for pickle-lovers with dill pickle relish, pickled okra, and bread-and-butter pickle chips.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
• Some people may have viewed this as a one-off type of thing as opposed to working with a local guy who's going to be here and is going to be their bread-and-butter.
  — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2023
• And his best routes, flare screens and intermediate digs, are the bread-and-butter concepts of a Shanahan offense.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
• And Democrats have to stay razor-focused on the bread-and-butter and macaroni-and-cheese issues, not just the macro, the macro issues.
  — NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
• Sitting between 90 and 91 mph, his splitter was almost six mph faster than his bread-and-butter forkball.
  — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026

bread and butter

2 of 2 noun

• Casual clothing has always been the company's bread and butter.
• But that's not my bread and butter.
  — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
• Sure, skin care is my bread and butter.
  — Olivia Cefalu, InStyle, 22 Jan. 2026
• While meat may be their bread and butter, farm life isn’t cheap.
  — Liz Tracy, Vox, 11 July 2019
• The city has to be smart and can’t give away their bread and butter.
  — Nanette Lobiondo Galloway, The Seattle Times, 27 Jan. 2018
• Stop Sales on the bread and butter spray.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
• Think of it as the bread and butter of wellness.
  — CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
• My bread and butter is my honesty.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
• Our bread and butter are people who say things which aren’t true.
  — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
• To round out the meal, have salad and crusty bread and butter ready.
  — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2017
• These horror fans, that’s their bread and butter.
  — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
• But the other side to that is that that’s still their bread and butter.
  — Vulture, 14 July 2023
• Politicians will force you to choose—that’s their bread and butter.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
• Jaskiewicz’s bread and butter is still putting the ball in the net.
  — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026
• While plays are her bread and butter, the novel is calling to her.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
• Consider this work boot to be the bread and butter of men’s work boots.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 9 Dec. 2022
• All those things are the bread and butter of good old-fashioned drama.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2024
• To that end, an episode like tonight should really be my bread and butter.
  — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
• So start with that house bread and butter that's speckled with sea salt ($7).
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2018
• Through thick and thin, strikeouts are Cease's bread and butter.
  — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
• Television and film projects are my bread and butter.
  — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
• Roman, instead, shied away from his bread and butter.
  — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
• Perimeter shooting is this group’s bread and butter.
  — Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
• The Pacers had 0 points off turnovers, which is their bread and butter.
  — J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2021
• Start off with a coffee and sampling of bread and butter for the table.
  — Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
• Those tax cuts alone and the economy will be the bread and butter issues.
  — Fox News, 12 Apr. 2018
• Sight gags like that are Life in the Dreamhouse’s bread and butter.
  — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
• And live albums are like the bread and butter of the Gospel/worship genre.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
• That is my bread and butter, to amaze people that like getting to the bottom of things.
  — Eric Fayeulle, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
• Not for nothing, but that’s kind of the bread and butter of an advice column.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026