button-down shirt

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

You’d think that the night was done by the time he returns to the stage, soaking wet, having discarded the vest he wears over his white button-down shirt.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Wearing a grey suit and button-down shirt most days, Mr Mangione frequently took notes on a legal pad, and occasionally smiled and laughed with his lawyers.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Restaurants hummed with more than half of their tables full, many taken up by people in the San Francisco work uniform: a button-down shirt and a puffer vest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Jimmy Carter wore a button-down shirt in Khartoum.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

He was wearing a white button-down shirt, faded Levi’s with threadbare knees, pliable gold-framed spectacles that wrapped around his ears.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri