buttonhole

Example Sentences

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They relied on Griffin, who utilized her thick Rolodexes and neighborhood connections to buttonhole politicians, community members and others to fight.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024

"Since I was born I have never experienced stable power supply. We call ourselves the giant of Africa but we can't fix electricity," complains Mr Adah as he works on a buttonhole.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023

For days as the historic floor fight played out, Mr. McCarthy had remained in his seat and dispatched allies to buttonhole the remaining holdouts privately.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023

They have lunches, meet at conferences, buttonhole departmental women visitors, set up private Facebook pages and Slack channels, and are all over Twitter.

From Scientific American • Mar. 25, 2022

Their faces were blackened with soot, and each of the three wore a red rooster’s feather in his buttonhole.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke