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buttoned (up)

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verb

past tense of button (up)

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of buttoned-up
Adjective
Jost is clean-cut and buttoned-up; Sherman is young and hip. Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 17 May 2025 Both teams were so buttoned-up defensively that the best players had to fight for every inch. Jesse Granger, New York Times, 2 May 2025 Is their family more buttoned-up? Shelby Wax, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025 Brown may never be called buttoned-up. Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025 Most people on LinkedIn try to be professional, buttoned-up, and safe. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 After centuries of weathering and exposure, the colors seen in historical homes today can appear muted and buttoned-up, even drab. Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024 It can be worn buttoned-up or open over a mock turtleneck with jeans. Emily Weaver, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024 Use it as a layering piece or wear it buttoned-up on its own. Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttoned-up
Adjective
  • The sale of the detached house in the 2300 block of Fruitdale Ave., San Jose, has been finalized.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
  • Through it all, there’s the metronomic wash of the tides onto the sand, waves lapping the beach, the undulation of the ocean, and the cityscape of Rockaway, with its large apartment buildings and detached houses, in the background.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • They were supposed to go to distant retrograde orbit — the DRO in the pair's name — around the moon, to help provide navigation and tracking for spacecraft in Earth-moon space.
    Julian Dossett, Space.com, 8 May 2025
  • At least eight other Iowa hospitals have stopped offering inpatient mental health care since 2007, forcing people in crisis to seek help at distant facilities.
    Tony Leys, NPR, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • Distributors — dear friends and colleagues — lament the same familiar woes: not enough films, or too many; the best titles are overpriced; the coffee is terrible; the weather is unbearable — too hot, too cold or both.
    Martin Moszkowicz, Deadline, 17 May 2025
  • The company specializes in cold cases and uses genealogy.
    Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • For example, stone, tile or polished concrete in flooring can reduce energy use and keep a home cool.
    Khanh T.L. Tran, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • Finished in a cool, sandy hue, these shades are as bold as they are refined.
    Alia Yee Noll, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Economists and geopolitical experts, however, are more reserved in their appraisal of the agreement.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
  • Drizzle with about 2 tablespoons of the reserved marinade and toss to coat.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Buttoned-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttoned-up. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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