Example Sentences
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Appearing remotely via video-link wearing a partially buttoned pale blue shirt, Brand, the ex-husband of popstar Katy Perry, only spoke to confirm his name and his date of birth.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
By keeping buttoned up about its plans and intentions, Team Trump appears to have spared itself the Pottery Barn rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
A year after graduating, he began designing menswear at Stirling Copper and was responsible for the body-hugging, buttoned trousers Sir Mick Jagger wore during The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter tour in 1969.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
A black blazer, a white shirt buttoned to the top, and some manner of ill-fitting pants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
He didn’t look very different from any elderly man, close to, and had a clipped gray beard and his coat buttoned all the way down the front.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
