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Recent Examples of unbuttonThis technique allows stage actors to tear off their clothes during short scene changes during a play, instead of wasting precious time unbuttoning them.—Alex Haddon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024 Visitors this year have included Billie Jean King, Judy Murray, Sir Trevor Nunn, and Dustin Hoffman, who loosened his necktie and unbuttoned the top button of his shirt during the final match of his afternoon last week.—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 11 July 2024 After a taste of the Da Bomb hot sauce, Klum stunned an unassuming Evans by unbuttoning her denim top to fan herself off from the heat.—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 June 2024 However, they’re placed on the sides of the legs so shoppers can have the option to wear the dress as is or to unbutton the sides for an easy-breezy, leg-baring look.—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unbutton
Mayfield rolled right with plenty of time before unfurling a long throw that threaded between Blankenship and rookie safety Drew Mukuba and struck Emeka Egbuka in stride for a 77-yard touchdown.
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Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Thierry Lemaire’s Mineral Origins At his gallery in the center of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Thierry Lemaire, who also designs for Fendi Casa, unfurled his Mineral Origins exhibition.
Raven is ever attentive to the imaging of the West as a kind of battleground, where surveillance (and the camera’s inexorable links to the military apparatus) tussles with sentimentality in a centuries-long project from which the national psyche cannot seem to unlatch.
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Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Emptying the dustbin was hassle-free, with clear arrow stickers showing exactly where to unlatch.
Also, unclench your butt. Take some big, deep breaths throughout the day to soften your pelvic floor muscles; then work on stretching with a deep squat or yoga poses like child's pose or happy baby pose.
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Marielle Segarra,
NPR,
26 June 2025
Your stiff limbs begin to unclench, as if death is slowly losing its hold on you.
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