Example Sentences

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The fun uncle is buttoning up his coat.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

"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 Crane, Walter

He is buttoning up a heavy ulster round his handsome form.

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

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 Franklin, Miles