Example Sentences

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Speaking of Roberto di Matteo, I like to think that somewhere in the stadium innards right now the Chelsea manager is buttonholing Roger Levesque to tell him that a 48 second goal is positively sluggish...

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2012

Sir George in a corner is buttonholing Frederic and saddening him with last accounts of the Scapegrace.

From April's Lady A Novel by Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe