How to Use unbutton in a Sentence

unbutton

verb

• The bowtie came off first, and then White unbuttoned the top of his shirt.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
• Kate unbuttoned her jeans and kicked them down her legs.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• 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
• Grab your hairspray, unbutton your shirt just a tad, and let the '80s electro romance wash over you.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 14 June 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The teenager later awakened to Bernard trying to unbutton his pants, the DA's office said.
  — Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• 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
• In the stairwell, Delancey alleges, Wells again grabbed his genitals and tried to unbutton his jeans.
  — Variety, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Guys are left to unbutton their shirts, wear uncomfortably tight clothing or to get creative with scissors.
  — Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 12 Oct. 2021
• Feeling hot, the firefighters unbuttoned their jackets and took off their helmets.
  — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2019
• 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
• One is a triptych of three women unbuttoning and revealing their bras while seeming to almost fly.
  — Anne Tschida, miamiherald, 11 Jan. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Katie Holmes has stepped out on multiple occasions this summer in various states of unbuttoning.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2023
• Palmer exclaimed during her opening monologue, unbuttoning her jacket to reveal a bump.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 May 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 4 Aug 2024