How to Use unbutton in a Sentence
unbutton
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The bowtie came off first, and then White unbuttoned the top of his shirt.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
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Kate unbuttoned her jeans and kicked them down her legs.
—Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
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For the outing, Gomez wore a crisp white shirt dress unbuttoned up top, thigh-high shiny black boots, and a pair of gold hoop earrings to tie it all in.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
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Grab your hairspray, unbutton your shirt just a tad, and let the '80s electro romance wash over you.
—Kat Bein, Billboard, 14 June 2017
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The baby can suck milk from the tubes without the mother having to so much as unbutton a button.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 10 May 2017
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The baby can suck milk from the tubes without the mother having to so much as unbutton a button.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 10 May 2017
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But this role has Johnson fitted in polyester leisure suits, shirts unbuttoned low enough to show off his chest hair and, of course, those gaudy rings.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
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The teenager later awakened to Bernard trying to unbutton his pants, the DA's office said.
—Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 27 Feb. 2018
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While doing so, Puscian says Conley grabbed her, spun her around, unbuttoned her pants and pulled her pants down.
—Michael McCann, SI.com, 12 July 2018
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In the stairwell, Delancey alleges, Wells again grabbed his genitals and tried to unbutton his jeans.
—Variety, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
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There was a 50-second pause at the start of the press conference as Castellanos had trouble unbuttoning his new jersey.
—Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 28 Jan. 2020
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In the pics, Lopez wears a crisp white shirt unbuttoned daringly low and accessorizes with a few layers of gold pendant necklaces.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2023
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Spread collar shirts are elegant, but they're structured in a way that just looks off (okay, just back from a bender, really) when unbuttoned with a tie.
—Jake Woolf, GQ, 1 Sep. 2017
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Guys are left to unbutton their shirts, wear uncomfortably tight clothing or to get creative with scissors.
—Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 12 Oct. 2021
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Feeling hot, the firefighters unbuttoned their jackets and took off their helmets.
—Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2019
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The pros lost their heads as well, with Bersten completely unbuttoning his shirt and Savchenko entirely whipping off his garment.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2019
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One is a triptych of three women unbuttoning and revealing their bras while seeming to almost fly.
—Anne Tschida, miamiherald, 11 Jan. 2018
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My favorite tee depicted Ronald Reagan unbuttoning his dress shirt to reveal a chest made out of the American flag.
—Lauren Groff, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
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Thompson recalled unbuttoning his harness, coming out of the airship and trying to stand up and attempting to run.
—Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2018
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With his perm, soothing voice and chambray shirts unbuttoned nearly to the navel, Mr. Ross was an instantly recognizable hit.
—Kelly Crow, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2018
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At home, your child’s nimble fingers have started to help with tasks like unscrewing the cap on the toothpaste tube and (slowly) buttoning or unbuttoning clothes.
—New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
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When he was introduced to the media in Minneapolis as a member of the Class of 2018, Brazile unbuttoned his suit coat, opened it and proudly displayed the belt buckle Phillips had given him.
—John McClain, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
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After a particularly rough night, my wife found me at 4 A.M., sitting in the corner of our bedroom, trying, and failing, to unbutton my shirt.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2018
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Like his dad, Brooklyn, 24, also wore a simple suit, but ditched a tie for a more casual look, opting instead to unbutton the top few buttons of his white undershirt.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
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Aduba unbuttoned her orange Christian Siriano suit jacket to reveal her bump while standing on the Tony's red carpet.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
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The report states that the woman and Conley eventually walked into the bathroom before Conley allegedly unbuttoned her pants and pulled them down.
—Tom Pelissero, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
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Plan your goodbye Establish a bedtime routine Practice self-help skills, such as buttoning and unbuttoning pants, putting on shoes and opening food wrappers.
—By Samantha J. Gross, miamiherald, 14 Aug. 2017
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Katie Holmes has stepped out on multiple occasions this summer in various states of unbuttoning.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2023
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Palmer exclaimed during her opening monologue, unbuttoning her jacket to reveal a bump.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 May 2023
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His mother and several other family members standing behind him also unbuttoned shirts to show Aztecs gear as well.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2023
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