How to Use buttoned-up in a Sentence

buttoned-up

adjective

• Cowley was more buttoned-up and shrewd about getting on in the world.
  — Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
• Aidala is folksy, while Agnifilo is more buttoned-up.
  — ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
• Like a blazer or trousers, there’s something sleek and buttoned-up about what the brand has to offer.
  — Barry Samaha, Glamour, 12 Nov. 2025
• The new offering, however, seems more buttoned-up.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
• And other CEOs don’t like their meetings to be so buttoned-up, just like Faulkner.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
• The fun retro glasses seemed to rebel against gear that was getting as buttoned-up as the world, which has felt a bit heavier and more serious in the last five to ten years.
  — Lily Ritter, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026
• There's ample space across two floors—the taproom downstairs is looser, the parlor upstairs a bit more buttoned-up and spirits-oriented.
  — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
• Around midnight, unofficial results in all of the races and proposals in the county were buttoned-up and showing on the county website.
  — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025
• Angela Rayner Starmer is often criticized for being buttoned-up and lawyerly.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
• Amazon has plenty of excellent work dresses that feel buttoned-up without being boring—and that are suitable for a range of office environments.
  — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 20 Jan. 2026
• The button-down shirt Pop the collar, roll up the sleeves, wear it loose or completely buttoned-up—a relaxed button-down shirt is an easygoing layer that adds instant polish to jeans and full skirts.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025
• Raquel Welch brought her signature va-va-voom and fashion-forward style to the Oscars, with low necklines, high slits, and daring silhouettes, during a time when the ceremony dress code was much more (literally) buttoned-up.
  — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
• Butlers, once portrayed as buttoned-up, silver tray-carrying domestics, now manage complex staff, technology, security and logistics across multiple properties.
  — Robert Frank, CNBC, 10 July 2026