butting in

present participle of butt in

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for butting in
Verb
  • The Kremlin has repeatedly denied interfering in foreign elections.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Particle has also accused Epic of defaming the company and interfering in its business relations.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The last two seasons have proven that the team starts off slow, which ends up messing their chances of making the playoffs.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Footage of a woman snooping in on her dogs in the dead of the night has left the internet in stitches.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As the cruel fates of the criminal underworld would have it, Jake gets a text from Mel alerting him to the very New York Magazine journalist in discussion snooping around the Black Rabbit kitchen.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The first meetup drew dozens of participants poking at pudding cups together.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The underground pop of the 2010s used to get so excited about being online, using shrinky-dink artifice to delight in poking fun at a culture that could feel shallow and strange but also organic and endlessly renewable.
    Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Butting in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butting%20in. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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