How to Use unbuttoned in a Sentence

unbuttoned

adjective
  • The unbuttoned shirt and dark red boots just add to the effect.
    Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 14 July 2017
  • By the end of the night, every guy had their shirt unbuttoned and open.
    Lauren Levy, The Cut, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Said f*ck it and had a calzone for lunch, and now your pants need to be unbuttoned?
    Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 30 Nov. 2017
  • Her left hand was held up by a muscleman in an unbuttoned white shirt.
    Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The Poosh founder teamed her jacket and unbuttoned shorts with a black top.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • Kazan wore a short maroon dress, while Dano wore an unbuttoned black tux.
    Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The sleeves were slightly rounded and the top was worn unbuttoned.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 28 Mar. 2024
  • His beard was gray; his unbuttoned shirt hung open, and a cross pendant rested on his bare chest.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
  • Bieber paired her go-to baggy jeans with an oversized white shirt that was unbuttoned to oblige her plus-one.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 13 June 2024
  • The actor revealed his slimmed down look in an unbuttoned brown jacket and dark jeans.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Wear yours on its own or partially unbuttoned over a simple top and a pair of lighter-wash jeans.
    Christine Whitney, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018
  • With each unbuttoned, work the outside of the cuff starting in the middle and work your way out.
    Hans Aschim, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2015
  • Curtis and friends wore their blouses unbuttoned to the navel and nobody cared.
    Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The actress showed off her moves in a teeny-tiny black bikini with an unbuttoned black shirt over it.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
  • George Kittle wore a dark blue suit jacket and pants over a loose, unbuttoned white dress shirt.
    Ada Tseng, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Leto rocked a white satin suit for the night out, paired with an unbuttoned sheer lavender shirt underneath.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The boyfriend fit looks great half-tucked into jeans or unbuttoned halfway and falling over a leather miniskirt.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2024
  • When the officer spoke with the woman, her pants were unbuttoned.
    cleveland, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Where was the unbuttoned savoir faire, the exuberant sense of fun?
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • Gosling chose to wear the shirt unbuttoned at the top, opting to go without a tie, let alone a classic bow-tie.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Underneath the unbuttoned blazer, the star wore a black leather bra.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Silk shirts at Etro were unbuttoned to the navel, while the guys at Burberry had no shirts at all.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 2 July 2021
  • This matching option looks great unbuttoned and billowy, with one hem tucked in, or tied at the waist for a cropped look.
    Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • His shirt was unbuttoned enough that a shark-tooth necklace was visible, nestled in the fur of his chest.
    Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
  • Phil Oh This summer is all about the unbuttoned button-up shirt.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 20 July 2024
  • Biechler lay on the living room floor, her jeans unbuttoned and her body covered with 19 stab wounds.
    Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
  • In our own unbuttoned times, the steady flow of the latter has turned into something resembling a flood.
    Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The Bronx star wore leather-on-leather — donning a skater skirt, unbuttoned jacket and sandle-boots.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 13 May 2025
  • Keeping the button down largely unbuttoned and the cuffs open keeps the look from feeling too buttoned up.
    Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 5 June 2026
  • The man of the night finally emerged wearing a dark blue suit, a shirt of the same tone unbuttoned at the top of his chest and a giddy smile.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024

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