buttonhole
Example Sentences
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"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
She bounced around from L.A. factory to L.A. factory, avoiding wage theft and dodging sweatshops, before finally finding a job as a buttonhole operator on a production line, earning a decent wage.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2022
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
This opens the floor to everyone who has ideas — not just those with the loudest voices or the chutzpah to buttonhole leaders in passing to pitch their ideas.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022
He wore a black suit that stretched only far enough across his vast belly for one button to connect with its buttonhole.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
