button-down

Example Sentences

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I have hundreds; whether it’s a solid color, a pinstripe, a pattern, a classic button down, we’re wearing it with any and everything.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

An attendant in black dress pants, a white short-sleeve button down, and a tie asks if I want the $10 or extra bells and whistles $15 wash.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

“Everybody needs to stop hitting that panic button down there.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

To take a series of photos, you can hold the capture button down or take the shots individually, and as you do, you’ll want to slowly move around the object to take various shots.

From The Verge • Apr. 4, 2022

Once, after my dad caught an earful of their conversation, he rushed over to the phone base and stabbed the button down with his finger to disconnect the call.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez