button-down

Example Sentences

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Another staple piece in every women’s closet is a classic gentleman’s button down.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

We gave each one of them moments that I remembered from growing up — rugby pads, rugby shirts or the polo shirts or that one look with the button down collar and the vest.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

Take Nathan Macintosh, an inauspicious-looking blond guy dressed in khaki pants, a white T-shirt and a button down.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2023

“Everybody needs to stop hitting that panic button down there.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

Once, after my dad caught an earful of their conversation, he rushed over to the phone base and stabbed the button down with his finger to disconnect the call.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez