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.
was buttoning
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past progressiveof button.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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
Orr was buttoning a glove, preparing to retreat.
From The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident by Edgar Saltus
