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Unbuttoning his gray uniform, he reveals a T shirt emblazoned NEW YORK.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unbuttoning his topcoat he fingered a steel-ribbed corset beneath his bathing suit, adjusted the pads on his shoulders, chest and knees.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unbuttoning the green uniform as I ran, I stuffed it, in passing, into the washbasin with the rubbish of dead flowers.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Unbuttoning the door at the top, Jim darted in his hand and seized one of these by its back.

From Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good by Tolman, Albert Walter

Unbuttoning his overcoat, he took from an inside pocket, the torn half of a large envelope, and unlocking the drawer of his desk, hunted for a similar fragment.

From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)