buttoned-up
Example Sentences
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“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
Michigan Mike Rogers is a bit of a throwback to the pre-Trump GOP: a buttoned-up, country-club Republican from the George W. Bush era.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
The future Goldman Sachs CEO’s shirt collars were popping out—a no-no in his buttoned-up white-shoe law office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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
They look serious, with suits on or sporting sharp ties against neatly buttoned-up shirts.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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