Example Sentences

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At the suggestion of her mother, Tina Frank, she had campaign buttons and wristbands made.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The chain bundled food with items like character buttons, wooden nickels, hand puppets and drinking glasses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The men warded off thirst by sucking on buttons and kept warm by dipping their clothes into the bath-like sea.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

She had pushed all the buttons, making pasta, playing with children, listening and learning for her early childhood project, trying out her gap-year Italian language skills.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

And with that, Upton left, mad enough to bust his fancy gold buttons.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney