How to Use buttercup in a Sentence

buttercup

noun

• Pick a buttercup squash with a firm cap, halve, scoop out the seeds, and bake to bring out the squash's sweetness.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2023
• Just think about the peel — some, such as the buttercup, have peels tender enough to eat cooked.
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• In any event, the prognosis is not a bowl of buttercups.
  — Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 14 May 2018
• Behind one of the large hotels along the shore, Einarsson tromps through a lush field of buttercups.
  — National Geographic, 8 Sep. 2016
• The buttercups along the roadside, the goldenrod and horseweed in the ditches, the yarrow and thistle on the shoulder.
  — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2022
• The road ran like a twisty runnel through fuchsia hedges and bright fields of buttercups and cow parsley, up to a pass among the 3,000-foot Slieve Mish mountains.
  — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019
• As the lighting at the venue bathed the space in pleasing shades of buttercup, peach, lavender, sky blue, and sea foam green, models walked with the languid stride of ’70s greats.
  — Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Feb. 2022
• Its straight tube of a noodle is a faint buttercup yellow, and the slight sheen suggests a decent amount of sauce has managed to cling on.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 5 Oct. 2023
• Compare it to an oak tree, or a daffodil, or a buttercup, plants that live in hundreds of thousands of places on Earth, even millions of places.
  — Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• Inside could be two deep orange yolks or a single one as fat and yellow as a buttercup.
  — Ruby Tandoh, Bon Appétit, 13 July 2022
• And, according to Human Rights Watch, the Qatari regime isn’t a bowl of buttercups to its own citizens, either.
  — Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The Duchess called on the same designer yet again for Princess Charlotte's birth in 2015, this time wearing a bespoke dress with buttercup flowers.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 23 Apr. 2018
• Giddyup, buttercup—no need to play by some ambiguous third date rule.
  — Beca Grimm, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2017
• The second dress featured a print of buttercup flowers that faded from yellow to white — perfect for the spring weather.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 23 Apr. 2018
• Similar in shape to a butternut (but about half the size), this hybrid is a cross between a butternut and a buttercup.
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• One of the most conspicuous heralds is a bonny buttercup named the winter aconite.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
• This park features a buttercup, misty mountain, ground spray, three ants, corn poppy, flutter, morning cross and three surf stones.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2022
• The two best examples are wild violets and wild buttercups.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2023
• Rempel Family Farm has loads of veggies, including buttercup squash for the first time this year.
  — Steve Edwards, Alaska Dispatch News, 4 Oct. 2017
• Picture yourself with a rich buttercup or wine-colored clutch which seamlessly transitions from a day of errands to a night out.
  — Brittany Romano, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2023
• Spanopoulos showed off a sample of water buttercup from Long Lake which, like its counterpart on dry land, blooms with yellow flowers.
  — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 20 June 2017
• That's part of the reason these flowers, also known as a Persian buttercups or Ranunculus asiaticus, are so unique and the fields are worth putting on your bucket list.
  — Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 4 May 2017
• Oh, and a buttercup-yellow cravat, knotted and spotted.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2022
• Some of the wildflowers were familiar — clover, buttercups, daisies, wild carrot.
  — Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
• Some of the wildflowers were familiar - clover, buttercups, daisies, wild carrot.
  — Adrian Higgins, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• Native loosestrife has tiny yellow buttercup flowers and bronze leaves.
  — Perdita Buchan, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2017
• Buttercup Squash Slightly sweet and creamy, the buttercup squash is one of the most underrated winter squash varieties.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2023
• Antara made note of the particularly light buttercup yellow color, and an even, just-firm-enough texture.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
• Located on Goat Island, the buttercup yellow-colored hotel houses all the amenities for a super cushy stay.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2019
• Of 50 wildflowers within short range of the nature center, highlights include buttercups, shooting stars and western wake robin.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024