unbutton
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As things get hot the temptation is to ditch the layers, get out the shorts and unbutton the flowery shirt.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
The best tips were about using words first: “I need to unbutton your gown because I’m going to be scanning your chest, but I’ll keep you covered with this towel.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
Then McEnany laughed and asked her co-hosts for permission to unbutton what had become her too-tight blazer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
Maggie Haberman’s new book, “Confidence Man,” reveals that in 2020, President Donald Trump wanted to unbutton his shirt to reveal a Superman T-shirt upon his emergence from Walter Reed Hospital after being treated for Covid.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
Oscar had to take a glove off and unbutton his mackinaw to get his gun out.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
When Fernandez shuffles to bed, Joe helps him take off his ring and his watch, unbuttons his shirt and cuffs and sleeves and takes off his shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024
He has paced the sideline with the same vigor he played with, often sweating so much that he unbuttons his shirt and removes his tie in the second half.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2021
Proving how serious he is, he unbuttons his three shirt buttons and greets the groom with a very sincere, “What’s upppp.”
From Time ● Jan. 25, 2016
Five weeks later, in a heatwave, the Rhinoceros unbuttons his skin and goes for a swim.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2013
Amidst the panic, she calmly unbuttons her coat and removes it, tossing it with a delicate gesture toward the burning chair.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Reynolds shows a flamboyant cavalryman, leaning on his sword, his red coat unbuttoned to show his cream waistcoat and breeches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Sweat, who is 70, has a golfer’s tan, flinty eyes, and a shirt unbuttoned just a little too far.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
At a backyard disco party he threw recently, Zuckerberg wore a sequin floral bomber jacket over a drapey shirt unbuttoned to the mid-stomach.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024
Later, Rachins unbuttoned a little more in the ABC sitcom “Dharma & Greg,” playing the hippie father of lead newlywed Dharma Finkelstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
His black tunic was unbuttoned at the top, and slightly wrinkled—and his short hair needed a combing.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
After unbuttoning his jersey to unveil an “I’m From Cleveland” T-shirt, Kelce wound up and then bounced his pitch halfway to the plate.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
“Most people don’t mind loosening their sleeve or unbuttoning their shirt slightly.”
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2021
Instead, it began funereally, then segued to revelry, then to fireside unbuttoning, and ended not only with horror but with broken hearts across the realm.
From The New Yorker ● May 6, 2019
Perry himself wears a jacket — sometimes a tie — but he'll soon be unbuttoning his collar.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2011
Henry began unbuttoning his shirt as he walked toward the bathroom.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
