buttonhole
Example Sentences
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He shook his head and his mouth drew up tight as a buttonhole.
From Literature
One I do buttonhole, Robert, a 14-year-old who's just been for a swim, says he loves his fatbike for the freedom it gives him but he has "kept it legal" and doesn't do "stupid" stuff.
From BBC
His red coat with black trim, red waistcoat with hand-stitched buttonholes and gold regimental buttons, and white breeches “represent the only complete uniform of the Revolutionary war.”
At a moment of vulnerability, Harper is buttonholed by an old classmate named Sue.
From Los Angeles Times
The golf stories are narrated by the “oldest member” of an upper-class golf club who buttonholes unwary younger members to regale them with his memories of golfers he has known.
From Los Angeles Times
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