Example Sentences

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Instead of clocking into a cubicle for a traditional 9-to-5 and buttoning corporate uniforms each morning, some new grads are spinning records from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. or writing Substack newsletters from cafes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

“I’m very happy,” he said, “with the way audiences have embraced the show, and with the journey that Taylor has created in the present time and in buttoning it up the way he always would.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

Ms Thompson said that despite 2024 looking like it will be a challenging year, households are very good at adapting to a new lending landscape and "buttoning down the hatches."

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2023

A smart person would respond to Carroll's new court filing by buttoning up.

From Salon • May 24, 2023

She blinks twice and finishes buttoning her coat.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson