button
noun
a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
is buttoning
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present progressiveof button (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The fun uncle is buttoning up his coat.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
All he thinks of is buttoning for the railway people, and it's the people on the land that ought to be legislated for first.
From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Miles Franklin
"Quick, quick, mine children," said Lisa, "the cart with the luggage is 'way, and the Herr Grandpapa is buttoning his coat."
From The Adventures of Herr Baby by Walter Crane
He is buttoning up a heavy ulster round his handsome form.
From April's Lady A Novel by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
