Example Sentences

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Unbuttoning his gray uniform, he reveals a T shirt emblazoned NEW YORK.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unbuttoning his topcoat he fingered a steel-ribbed corset beneath his bathing suit, adjusted the pads on his shoulders, chest and knees.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unbuttoning the green uniform as I ran, I stuffed it, in passing, into the washbasin with the rubbish of dead flowers.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Unbuttoning his doublet he showed me a shirt of fine chain-mail beneath his linen.

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery

Unbuttoning the pocket flaps, he began pouring forth the treasure which he had brought back with him after two years in Old Mexico.

From Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure by Gregory, Jackson