buttoned-down

How To Use buttoned-down In A Sentence

• a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business
• The announcement even included a quote from the usually buttoned-down Peter Rice, chairman of entertainment at Fox Networks Group, in which he effused, "We love Ellen and understand and support her decision to bow out of 'Idol'. Ellen DeGeneres out on "American Idol"; J-Lo in?
• Maybe your casual style doesn't fly in your buttoned-down workplace.
• Before Shula led Miami to its unprecedented 17-0 season in 1972 — a feat that further blurred any perceived disparity between teams with roots in the upstart AFL and those from the buttoned-down, established NFL — he was on the losing end of another football milestone. After slow start in the AFL, Shula-led Dolphins flourished
• In reality, the fiery DeMint and buttoned-down McConnell are ideological soulmates. Peter Dreier: GOP-Tea Party Rift Is a Myth
• Mr. Haroun, whose buttoned-down appearance lends him a professorial air, took the title of his film from a line of verse by the famed Martinique poet Aimé Césaire, who wrote "a screaming man is not a dancing bear. The Stubborn Silence of 'A Screaming Man'
• He wore a blue buttoned-down shirt with the cuffs rolled halfway up his surprisingly ropey and thickly veined forearms. A RODENT OF DOUBT
• A nasty battle has surfaced in the usually buttoned-down hotel industry, pitting Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.—the largest U.S. hotel owner—against a real-estate brokerage firm it hired to sell some of its hotels. Host Hotels Sues Brokerage Firm
• They are a clean-cut, happy-looking couple in their fifties who are decidedly less buttoned-down than the other professionals in the group. American Grace
• They are a clean-cut, happy-looking couple in their fifties who are decidedly less buttoned-down than the other professionals in the group. American Grace