unbutton
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As things get hot the temptation is to ditch the layers, get out the shorts and unbutton the flowery shirt.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
The best tips were about using words first: “I need to unbutton your gown because I’m going to be scanning your chest, but I’ll keep you covered with this towel.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
Then McEnany laughed and asked her co-hosts for permission to unbutton what had become her too-tight blazer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
The juror explained that whenever he would start a long cross-examination, he would unbutton his suit jacket.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2024
Tad started to unbutton his shirt to use as a bandage, but Rashid was already tearing a piece of his own shirt away and pressing it to his head.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
“She always does a really good job of changing his look just a little bit. He’s now more comfortable in his skin, so his bodyguard outfit is more fitted. He unbuttons the top button.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
He has paced the sideline with the same vigor he played with, often sweating so much that he unbuttons his shirt and removes his tie in the second half.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2021
Proving how serious he is, he unbuttons his three shirt buttons and greets the groom with a very sincere, “What’s upppp.”
From Time ● Jan. 25, 2016
Five weeks later, in a heatwave, the Rhinoceros unbuttons his skin and goes for a swim.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2013
He unbuttons his sweater, as if agreeing with me about the temperature.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
Reynolds shows a flamboyant cavalryman, leaning on his sword, his red coat unbuttoned to show his cream waistcoat and breeches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Inside, Beshear was seated before an unlit fireplace, legs crossed, shirt collar unbuttoned, looking like the pleasantly unassuming Dad in a store-bought picture frame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
Sweat, who is 70, has a golfer’s tan, flinty eyes, and a shirt unbuttoned just a little too far.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
His white shirt is unbuttoned far enough to display a diamond-encrusted necklace with the crest of his beloved football club, Celtic.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
He held up once they’re all unbuttoned, but the mesmerist had no mercy in him atall.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
After unbuttoning his jersey to unveil an “I’m From Cleveland” T-shirt, Kelce wound up and then bounced his pitch halfway to the plate.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
“Most people don’t mind loosening their sleeve or unbuttoning their shirt slightly.”
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2021
Instead, it began funereally, then segued to revelry, then to fireside unbuttoning, and ended not only with horror but with broken hearts across the realm.
From The New Yorker ● May 6, 2019
Perry himself wears a jacket — sometimes a tie — but he'll soon be unbuttoning his collar.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2011
Fang pushed the moldy shower curtain to one end of the tub and started unbuttoning his new shirt, already ragged after a couple hours on my buddy’s back.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
