Examples of unbutton in a Sentence
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Tisdale bared her belly in the pictures, unbuttoning her white dress shirt under her chest to reveal her baby bump.
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Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
This comfy-as-can-be oversized button-down is the perfect layer — button it for chillier mornings, unbutton it throughout the day for some air, and use it as a cover-up at the beach; the sky is the limit.
—Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
The woman had pushed aside her scarf and unbuttoned her coat so that my mother could place her hand, palm down, directly onto her dress.
—Sanaë Lemoine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Probst remembers the cocky applicant showing up for his Zoom interview with his shirt unbuttoned down to his belly button.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2023
The bowtie came off first, and then White unbuttoned the top of his shirt.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
Lucas, her expression registering rage and despair, unbuttoned her cuffs, removed her tie, unbuttoned her shirt with rising agitation – spat her words, tossed her shirt to the ground, extended her arms wide.
—Panchalay Chalermkraivuth, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
In the stairwell, Delancey alleges, Wells again grabbed his genitals and tried to unbutton his jeans.
—Variety, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
Kate unbuttoned her jeans and kicked them down her legs.
—Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
This comfy-as-can-be oversized button-down is the perfect layer — button it for chillier mornings, unbutton it throughout the day for some air, and use it as a cover-up at the beach; the sky is the limit.
—Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
The woman had pushed aside her scarf and unbuttoned her coat so that my mother could place her hand, palm down, directly onto her dress.
—Sanaë Lemoine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Probst remembers the cocky applicant showing up for his Zoom interview with his shirt unbuttoned down to his belly button.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2023
The bowtie came off first, and then White unbuttoned the top of his shirt.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
Lucas, her expression registering rage and despair, unbuttoned her cuffs, removed her tie, unbuttoned her shirt with rising agitation – spat her words, tossed her shirt to the ground, extended her arms wide.
—Panchalay Chalermkraivuth, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
In the stairwell, Delancey alleges, Wells again grabbed his genitals and tried to unbutton his jeans.
—Variety, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
Kate unbuttoned her jeans and kicked them down her legs.
—Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
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“Unbutton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbutton. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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unbutton
verb
un·but·ton
ˌən-ˈbət-ᵊn 
: to unfasten the buttons of (as a garment)
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