That dress looks lovely, but I shudder at the notion of buttoning something under my breasts.    From Wordnik.com.  [A new twist - A Dress A Day] Reference

Doing simple things around the house is now a chore, such as buttoning up a shirt or zipping my jacket.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flight] Reference

They may find themselves tripping a lot or being unable to perform simple tasks such as buttoning a shirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [ajc.com - News] Reference

Flannery began buttoning his pants over the shirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victory] Reference

"No, he's not dead," coolly buttoning his coat again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference

"I'm fine with that," he says, hastily buttoning it up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christina Patterson: Interview with Carlos Acosta: 'I Am Insufferable'] Reference

He is buttoning up a heavy ulster round his handsome form.    From Wordnik.com.  [April's Lady A Novel] Reference

When he had finished buttoning his shirt he had decided on one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pagan Passions] Reference

The door swung open and the Captain entered, buttoning his coat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom of the Raiders] Reference

She picked up her coat and began slowly buttoning it, waiting for.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World] Reference

He is as deft at buttoning a glove as he is amiable at playing cards.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference

"We're coming away so early," said Mrs. Barberry, buttoning her glove.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path of a Star] Reference

Mamma finished buttoning the tippet and tied down the snug little hat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories] Reference

The lacing or buttoning must be from below up, and not from above down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman Her Sex and Love Life] Reference

"Oh, Alice, do finish buttoning your gloves in the house!" she exclaimed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys] Reference

They made the litter by taking off their coats and buttoning them securely.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers] Reference

The Major had arrived first, still buttoning his shirt and wiping sleep from his eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gold in the Sky] Reference

I got a nice wool coat, too, and right now I'm buttoning it up, because it's getting cold.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Friend] Reference

"Probably had to run for it," responded Harvey, putting on his hat and buttoning his coat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Short Line War] Reference

Calmly buttoning his coat, Mowbray took Charles's arm, and they bent their way back to town.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference

"Here, I'm going after that duck!" gritted Barry, buttoning his jacket and starting forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference

She was clad for the street and was at that moment in the act of buttoning a long white glove.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference

'I'm a sweet fellow, I know that,' replied the other, carefully buttoning his coat to the chin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1] Reference

Alysia sat on her bed, buttoning up her blouse over her mage suit, getting ready for Monday work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arcana Magi - c.6: Damage Control] Reference

Start by installing a programmable thermostat and following our advice for buttoning up your home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Which type of pricing plan should I choose for the natural gas I use at my home?] Reference

'No?' said Herr Pauer, buttoning himself from throat to toes, and looking at him with a glittering eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [Despair's Last Journey] Reference

I thought of you, my pious friend, as I was buttoning the neck and the wrists of this conventional garment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Landy, too, sensing the importance of coming events, improved his appearance by buttoning up his shirt-front.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference

Shutting and buttoning the door, he slid the trap overboard, started his engine, and headed for the next buoy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

 As Dale was buttoning his blue work shirt, he noticed his bed was made up a little neater than he had made it.    From Wordnik.com.  [OUT ON THE EDGE OF VICTORIAN CIVILIZATION] Reference

Both William and his father started up, and began buttoning their coats to go in search of the poor little girl.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People] Reference

I remember this kind of heedless spending in the face of illness; buttoning my fly; showering; dressing; shaving.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Rakoff's 'Half Empty' Worldview Is Full Of Wit] Reference

From the camp bed she had dragged Blayney's kit bag and was buttoning it into an old dressing gown provided for his use.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men of Affairs] Reference

Mr. Martin, seeing he was resolved, wisely took off the great coat he had been buttoning on, whilst his son was speaking.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People] Reference

The man was buttoning his coat, his red jowls sagging a little, almost as if Drew had used the carbine across his unprotected head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference

'You need not make my visit known throughout the neighbourhood,' he said, standing up and buttoning up his coat; then glancing at her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Carved Cupboard] Reference