button-down
Example Sentences
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Walker often plays professional women forced to button down their emotions more than occasionally, in part because the struggle not to cry is considered more powerful, and interesting to watch, than the tears themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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
But no worries — his journey in no way obliges him to button down or up.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021
Zu stood next to him, dutifully holding the button down so he could use both hands to scrub his face in the stream of water shooting out of it.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
