buttoned-up
Example Sentences
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Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, faces former Rep. Mike Rogers, whom my colleague Jim Newell describes as “a buttoned-up, country-club Republican from the George W. Bush era.”
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Not Built in a Day” will not be to everyone’s taste, but it is meant to reach an audience that might decline to read a more buttoned-up account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The shifting promises are unsurprising to colleagues familiar with the brash, quick-tempered Gorka, a gate crasher in Washington’s buttoned-up defense establishment.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
The disappearance of Guthrie, a crime that remains uncracked after more than three weeks, is the rare story that spans the breadth of tabloid gossip and buttoned-up newspaper reporting.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
And it isn’t a buttoned-up polite sort of place like the Hill, either.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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