How to Use button in a Sentence

button

1 of 2 noun

• He took off his tie and undid the top button of his shirt.
• I lost a button on my jacket.
• With a fax machine, you can send a document across the country with the touch of a button.
• Will you please push the ‘play’ button on the CD player?
• If the information on the registration form is correct, click the ‘OK’ button.
• Some can change their stripes at the push of a button, some can fold in half.
  — Verge Staff, The Verge, 12 Jan. 2024
• There are a whole bunch of buttons on the wheel, hand controls in the cockpit.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• Tape the bow onto the top of the card, making sure it's centered with the buttons.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 31 May 2023
• To use it on iPhones, swipe left on the shutter button in the Camera app.
  — William Neff, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
• Collars came in stiffer fabric and attached to the rest of the body with buttons.
  — Melvin Backman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Keep in Mind The touchscreen buttons aren’t backlit and can be hard to read.
  — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2024
• The dress cinches at the waist and features a collar and black buttons.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 31 July 2023
• Simply press the button on the handle to empty it out into the trash.
  — Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
• From the creation of the music, to the surface of the floor, to everyone’s hairstyle, to the details with the buttons and the bows and the snaps and the zippers.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
• The beaters are easy to remove with the one-press button, and they can be tossed in the dishwasher.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
• The glass top slides back at the press of a button, and closes again to protect the atrium from rain—or, in this case, foam.
  — Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2023
• The latest appliances can chop, shred, slice, grind, grate, dice, knead, and puree at the touch of a button.
  — Emily Peck, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2023
• The coat has a gold zipper and button closure and two front pockets to keep your hands warm.
  — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2024
• Delete all files in your trash by clicking the Empty button in the top right corner.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2024
• No need to contend with zippers or buttons, these trousers pull up and help shape and lift.
  — Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2024
• Scott isn’t the first rapper to hit the repeat button during a concert.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
• Instead, point the nozzle away from the object, press down on the spray button, move past the object, and stop or move back.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2023
• The buttons are quite small though, and may prove a little fiddly for some people.
  — Rachael Hogg, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2023
• To make sure it’s activated, press and hold the test button.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2023
• With the press of a button, the Ororo jacket heats up within 54 seconds.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
• The Barista Touch is designed for the home barista who wants to program in their own custom drinks and access them at the touch of a button.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023
• The size of the walkie-talkie and its buttons are perfect for small hands—without being too small for teens and parents.
  — Emily Isaacs, Parents, 14 June 2023
• The small machine makes tasty beverages at rapid speed with the touch of a single button.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
• The 1-liter dustbin is detachable and easy to clean thanks to a quick-release button that opens the canister to dump its contents into the garbage without any handiwork from you.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
• The manager of the low vision program for Sight Savers America adjusts the camera mounted on a monitor in front of them, presses a button on a controller, and suddenly, Juan’s face fills the 22-inch screen.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024

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button

2 of 2 verb

• The skirt buttons on the side.
• He rarely buttons the top button on his shirt.
• Will you button the baby's jacket for her?
• Select your state and click the signup button on the next page.
  — oregonlive, 14 Jan. 2023
• They can be pulled on over your head or buttoned down the front.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2023
• Through TigerOT, Hunter has learned to put on his socks and to button his pants.
  — Aaron Reiss, kansascity, 4 May 2018
• The slim fit looks equally good left open or buttoned all the way up.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2023
• And Gripin’ John, aka Coach Cal, needs to keep his lips buttoned down.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• Use the Play Now button to sign up, then bet $10 on the Bengals vs. Browns game.
  — Catena Media, oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2022
• The Thunder are a way of life: hard-working and buttoned up.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 1 July 2018
• Tie the ties together, snap on the snaps, button up the buttons.
  — Ambar Pardilla, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2021
• That was her idea to button the scene with a poignant moment like that.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• His is the face of a man who keeps his secrets close to the vest, and would button yours in even closer.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Apr. 2021
• Wear it alone buttoned up, or open over a tank top, T-shirt, or dress.
  — Sarah Byron, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
• Add a button-down shirt, leave it untucked and don't button it all the way.
  — NBC News, 24 Oct. 2019
• The Jaguars grabbed a quarterback with the first pick and now need to button down the edge protection.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
• Cardi is in a mint-green dress, slightly sheer and buttoned up to her neck.
  — New York Times, 11 Sep. 2019
• LinkedIn Dolly is all buttoned up with a frilly scarf around her neck.
  — Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, 24 Jan. 2020
• Nina Khrushcheva was clad in the simplest dress, which buttoned at the front.
  — Djurdja Bartlett, Smithsonian, 4 June 2019
• The jacket of his navy suit was buttoned; a tiny American flag was pinned to his lapel.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2019
• If Nashville was buttoned-up, the outlaws headed to Texas and cut loose.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 7 June 2019
• Dear Heloise: To save time and for convenience, button all the buttons on a blouse except the top two.
  — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
• Because this year, 2020, was meant to be the year when he was supposed to button up all these issues.
  — CBS News, 14 Oct. 2020
• Hopefully, Mescal has time to button up his trousers in time for the Oscars next week.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
• This floral blazer works as both a coat over jeans and a T-shirt, or buttoned up as a dress with heels.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Sep. 2018
• Zuckerberg stood up and buttoned his suit jacket and walked away.
  — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• The Dawson's Creek alum wore a silver net dress with long pieces of red velvet trim and a long black coat buttoned at the top.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
• Blake, who voiced the character Ox in the cartoon film, opted for his go-to button down and jeans look.
  — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 29 Apr. 2019
• More buttoned up is 100 Princes Street, another first in the country from hotelier Red Carnation.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Jan. 2024
• The prosecutor—the main villain—wore a suit and kept his jacket buttoned, while the hero, Mark Godsey, kept his jacket unbuttoned.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024