How to Use butcher paper in a Sentence

butcher paper

noun
  • Remove the tongue from the smoker and wrap in butcher paper like a present.
    Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Wooden counters stretch along the length of the room, a roll of tan butcher paper on one end.
    Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The suet wrapped in butcher paper (no plastic) in 10-pound chunks.
    Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Wrap the brisket in unwaxed butcher paper and return to the smoker.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Like the savory sandwiches, the sweet ones are wrapped in butcher paper and too easy to eat.
    Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2020
  • John Gardner used to put butcher paper on the walls and map out his novels.
    Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
  • But the next morning the friends went out and bought butcher paper and Sharpies and spent all day brainstorming.
    Ceridwen Dovey, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The keepers are wrapping the gifts in butcher paper and are using corn syrup to seal it, instead of tape or glue.
    Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The main event comes in brown butcher paper held together with twine.
    Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2020
  • The white cloth atop our table was covered in brown butcher paper.
    Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2020
  • All meet a sandwich press before they’re gift-wrapped in foil, butcher paper and twine.
    Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
  • The walls and ceilings of his room were taped with flowers made from colored butcher paper.
    Daniel Rafinejad, Longreads, 9 May 2018
  • Sometimes the chess moves are brazen — butcher paper unfurled ceiling to floor at the City Hall office of a king.
    Kristen McQueary, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Remove pork from brine, pat dry and place on foil, plastic wrap or butcher paper.
    Matthew Cook, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022
  • He’s shifted from cooking briskets in butcher paper, which leaks fat, to aluminum, which holds it in.
    Elizabeth Findell, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Neighbors gathered at the coffee shop and brought butcher paper and paints for the children, hula hoops, and drums.
    Susan Giampetroni, Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Step 1 - Take your fish out of whatever butcher paper or plastic bag it was sold in.
    Alison Roman, Bon Appetit, 5 July 2017
  • Ditch a fussy tablecloth and use black butcher paper instead.
    Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The idea is that the ribs are smoked for three hours, wrapped in foil or butcher paper for another two hours then sauced and allowed to finish for the final hour.
    Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Somebody should explain this to these Trump haters — perhaps with crayons and butcher paper.
    Deroy Murdock, National Review, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The next day, in Portland, long rolls of butcher paper stretched across Pioneer Courthouse Square.
    oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2021
  • At an art or office supply store, find rolls of butcher paper, newsprint, or kraft paper — what brown shopping bags are made of.
    Cathy Rubin, Philly.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Henry sketched out the floor plan on butcher paper, with rooms shaded by towering old trees and windows oriented to make the most of the view.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 14 June 2023
  • Cuts of meat are wrapped in white butcher paper, with the name of the products and fun messages handwritten in black permanent marker.
    Kellie Hwang, azcentral, 30 Apr. 2018
  • All guest rooms come equipped with a record player and ukulele, as well as a roll of butcher paper and colored pencils, just in case the surroundings inspire guests.
    Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2019
  • Instead of white tablecloths, the tables were covered in brown butcher paper, to be replaced for each new party.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 13 May 2020
  • Note that if your purchase comes wrapped in butcher paper with a plastic coating, that won’t be recyclable.
    Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2023
  • But the statue’s mise-en-scene is more fuddy-duddy than a rotary phone, and about as dynamic as butcher paper.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
  • All Morse knows is that in 1946, it was delivered anonymously, wrapped in butcher paper and tied with string, to the front doorstep of the Casablanca home of her grandparents, Armand and Suzanne.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In March, a photo of the restaurant went viral on Twitter ahead of its opening, brown butcher paper still covering the windows.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2023

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