Buttoned

Examples

• Mr. Jobling is buttoned up closer than mere adornment might require. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She looked at him as he stood waiting, his black coat buttoned to the chin, his cap pulled down, his boots in his hand. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• All buttoned-up men are believed in. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You haven't half buttoned one cuff, do it at once. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• All buttoned-up men are weighty. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• All the while, Vholes, buttoned up in body and mind, looks at him attentively. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Having buttoned up the bank-note in his jacket pocket, and placed the books carefully under his arm, he made a respectful bow, and left the room. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Yes, I was right: it was Mr. Brocklehurst, buttoned up in a surtout, and looking longer, narrower, and more rigid than ever. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Mr. Vholes rose, gloved and buttoned up as usual, and seated himself again, just as he had seated himself beside Richard in the gig. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The day was warm but he had on a sheep's-wool-lined short leather jacket buttoned up to the neck. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He's got it buttoned in his breast. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• How far they were from the days when the legs of the brass-buttoned messenger boy had been New York's only means of quick communication! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He sat down, and I noticed that he had a woollen comforter around his neck with his coat buttoned closely. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Sam buttoned the will carefully in a side pocket; intimating by a look, meanwhile, that he did mean it, and very seriously too. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It's a very pleasant trait in a young man's character, very much so,' added Mr. Pell, smiling smoothly round, as he buttoned up the money. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It looks--ha--it looks broader, buttoned. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Traddles buttoned his coat with a determined air. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• His cap was pulled low over his brow, his black overcoat was buttoned close up to his chin. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Then he shut his notebook, pushed the pencil into its leather holder in the edge of the flap, put the notebook in his pocket and buttoned the pocket. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• But Mr Tite Barnacle was a buttoned-up man, and consequently a weighty one. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He was buttoned up to the chin in a brown coat; and had a large sealskin travelling-cap, and a greatcoat and cloak, lying on the seat beside him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In the buttoned-down pocket. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• One was buttoned only in the two lower buttons out of five, and the other at the first, third, and fifth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr Arthur Clennam took up his hat and buttoned his coat, and walked out. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But when I buttoned my jacket, that was not much. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• This man had short gray hair and a gray stubble of beard and wore the usual black smock buttoned at the neck. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• All the grave importance that was buttoned up in Mr Tite Barnacle, took itself away next; and Ferdinand took himself away next, to the opera. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• If I didn't keep my eyes open, and my pockets buttoned, shouldn't I be brought to the workhouse before I knew where I was? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He wore a large rough coat, buttoned over, and it might be in any one of half a dozen pockets. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He had a fine commanding voice, and a mighty resolute eye, and a grand frock-coat which buttoned beautifully up to his leather stock. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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