How to Use unbutton in a Sentence

unbutton

verb
  • His shirts are unbuttoned just a little too low.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The bowtie came off first, and then White unbuttoned the top of his shirt.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Wear it with a French tuck, unbuttoned, or tied in a cute knot at your waist.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • Even the most basic suits tended to be unbuttoned to the navel.
    — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Shirt unbuttoned, sleeves rolled up, the silhouette takes on a new life.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Blazer, no tie, shirt unbuttoned?
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The baby can suck milk from the tubes without the mother having to so much as unbutton a button.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 10 May 2017
  • The statement piece was unbuttoned, revealing her navy blue polka-dot shirt and black leather wide-leg pants.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Grab your hairspray, unbutton your shirt just a tad, and let the '80s electro romance wash over you.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 14 June 2017
  • In the sweet photos, Joy could be seen wearing a silk shirt that was unbuttoned to showcase her baby bump.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The woman had pushed aside her scarf and unbuttoned her coat so that my mother could place her hand, palm down, directly onto her dress.
    — Sanaë Lemoine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But this role has Johnson fitted in polyester leisure suits, shirts unbuttoned low enough to show off his chest hair and, of course, those gaudy rings.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • The result was an event that felt unbuttoned but was crafted with the care usually reserved for state dinners.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Guys are left to unbutton their shirts, wear uncomfortably tight clothing or to get creative with scissors.
    — Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Feeling hot, the firefighters unbuttoned their jackets and took off their helmets.
    — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2019
  • While doing so, Puscian says Conley grabbed her, spun her around, unbuttoned her pants and pulled her pants down.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 12 July 2018
  • For the outing, Gomez wore a crisp white shirt dress unbuttoned up top, thigh-high shiny black boots, and a pair of gold hoop earrings to tie it all in.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The sophisticated style has a relaxed fit and can be worn either buttoned or unbuttoned over a tank top.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The sophisticated style has a relaxed fit and can be worn either buttoned or unbuttoned over a tank top.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • Tisdale bared her belly in the pictures, unbuttoning her white dress shirt under her chest to reveal her baby bump.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
  • One is a triptych of three women unbuttoning and revealing their bras while seeming to almost fly.
    — Anne Tschida, miamiherald, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Williams didn’t need a tie, choosing instead to decorate his neck with, well, his neck, leaving his shirt unbuttoned halfway down his chest.
    — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The former trainee alleges Miller unbuttoned his pants and then put his hand directly on his genitals.
    — Emma Hurt, AJC.com, 25 June 2026
  • The couple matched in white T-shirts and blue jeans, with Stone wearing her jeans unbuttoned to show off her growing belly.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 2 Jan. 2026
  • However, they’re placed on the sides of the legs so shoppers can have the option to wear the dress as is or to unbutton the sides for an easy-breezy, leg-baring look.
    — Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Aniston appeared on the cover in a crisp white Ralph Lauren dress shirt, which was unbuttoned to her midriff, along with light blue jeans.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • He was dressed in an almost militantly preppy way—a gray blazer, partially unbuttoned pink shirt, boat shoes with no socks.
    — Andrew Martin, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
  • In the stairwell, Delancey alleges, Wells again grabbed his genitals and tried to unbutton his jeans.
    — Variety, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Spread collar shirts are elegant, but they're structured in a way that just looks off (okay, just back from a bender, really) when unbuttoned with a tie.
    — Jake Woolf, GQ, 1 Sep. 2017
  • In the pics, Lopez wears a crisp white shirt unbuttoned daringly low and accessorizes with a few layers of gold pendant necklaces.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2023

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