was buttoning
- past progressive of button.
Example Sentences
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Then teammate Daniel Gafford, who overheard the request and was buttoning up his own shirt right next door, draped a gray warmup tee over Avdija’s shoulder.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2022
Just as Neel was buttoning the last button on his shirt, the golpata trees rustled behind them.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
Her veil and linen duster were on the floor beside the bee, which she had stomped to death, and Miss Love was buttoning her shirtwaist.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
She would fly into Peachy Helen's bedroom where Peachy was buttoning her satiny housecoat, and whisper, “Lavender’s blue, dilly-dilly, lavender’s green.”
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
In height," said Elizabeth, "and perhaps in a feature or two, but not, I greatly fear"—she was buttoning her waterproof as she spoke—"not, Mrs. Veitch, in anything that matters.
From The Setons by Douglas, O.
