How to Use butane in a Sentence

butane

noun

• Police say the woman used a butane torch to burn the letters and left some of them of the floor.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
• Gas for cooking came from a tank of butane in the backyard.
  — Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, 23 Sep. 2020
• One of the men sparked a butane torch and began searing Michael’s flesh.
  — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
• Teams had one hour and the use of only two butane burners.
  — Beth Mlady, cleveland.com, 13 May 2017
• Siegel noted that in at least some of the cases, the use of a THC oil, such as butane hash oil, was blamed.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2019
• The male grabbed two sets of wheel locks, a butane torch and headlight lamps and left the store without paying.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
• Snap in a can of butane — barely $2 apiece, enough to cover a three-day camping trip — and turn the nob to start.
  — Scott Canon, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• Firefighters moved a half dozen butane tanks away from the house.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2020
• For air guns, plastic pipe is used for the barrel, and a butane lighter switch works as a trigger.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
• The former is propane or butane; the latter is methane.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• About 120 butane gas cylinders were found at the scene of the explosion, a house in the town of Alcanar, south of Barcelona.
  — Author: Angus Berwick, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Aug. 2017
• In most states, the fall brings with it a switch to a cheaper blend of gasoline containing more butane.
  — Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• The running game that found a spark against the Browns looked like a lighter out of butane and Justin Herbert failed to throw a touchdown pass out of 57 attempts.
  — Adam Burke, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• Brussels sprouts will be sautéed with bacon on her butane stove.
  — New York Times, 20 Dec. 2021
• When crude oil is distilled, the lightest parts to boil off are butane and propane, followed by gasoline.
  — Wired, 23 Sep. 2019
• This flameless lighter will replace all of your matches and butane lighters.
  — Molly Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
• Each team has an hour to prepare a meal using two butane burners.
  — John Benson, cleveland.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Police have since said that Sova had a knife and a butane lighter with a pistol-like handle in his hand, but no gun.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2021
• The fire’s source, according to The Telegraph, is believed to be two butane stoves found within the plane’s cargo.
  — Greg Norman | Fox News, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2020
• The loot includes an elegant gold snakes grinder, art-pop red lips ashtray, and a long gold butane lighter.
  — Sophie Saint Thomas, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
• His butane-torch and mis-en-place (spices, garnishes sauces) are within an easy reach.
  — David Farkas, cleveland.com, 28 Aug. 2017
• That’s where my second choice, the mini portable butane stove, would come in handy.
  — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2021
• The fire erupted in a tank containing a mixture of butane and propane, a fire official said.
  — Washington Post, 26 June 2019
• The law exempts lighters and small containers of non-odorized butane used to refill them.
  — Don Thompson, The Mercury News, 2 July 2019
• While the laptop, found in a running oven with a can of butane that exploded, was too damaged to retrieve data from, the FBI took the cell phone.
  — Morgan Womack, The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2023
• Making rosin does not require solvents such as butane and propane.
  — Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• That’s handy in very cold conditions, as propane has a much lower boiling point than butane.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2023
• Add sun block, insect repellent, butane lighter and an eye wash kit.
  — cleveland.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• But in recent days, the site allegedly received a large shipment of butane, as well as propane, nitrous oxide and other products.
  — Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
• On January 1, the government lifted a cap on the price of butane and propane in the hope of eliminating shortages that were produced by certain subsidies.
  — Nargis Kassenova, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024