Example Sentences

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“It was never particularly clear what constitutional theory undergirded the oath of office charges. I suspect the DA’s office will button up their theory and go back to the grand jury.”

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2024

Someday soon, Cliff Lee will button up a pinstriped jersey and tug at a fresh navy cap and flash a $140 million smile for the cameras in the Bronx.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2010

The plants will button from the ground line to the top, and the buttons will set so closely that, once taken off, it will be impossible to replace them.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

I will button it over this waistcoat and it will not be noticed.

From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Major, Charles

I will button you up in a jiffy and we can take this bumptious little person along with us.

From The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill by Vandercook, Margaret