Example Sentences

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Once they have buttoned up their dwellings against the cold, more and more conservation-minded homeowners are turning their attention to what would otherwise be the frills and extras of the energy saver's world.

From Time Magazine Archive

If they were, they have buttoned their lips.

From Time Magazine Archive

I must not have buttoned my coat; it's flapping wildly behind me as I pedal.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

His cousin s wife, Ojiugo, had once said, “English people will live next to you for years but they will never greet you. It is as if they have buttoned themselves up.”

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Oh, you must have buttoned me wrong, Bunny," Sue said.

From Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue by Hope, Laura Lee