buttonhole

How To Use buttonhole In A Sentence

• The pattern will indicate placement for buttons and buttonholes but final locations are best determined after the pattern is altered and fitted to you.
• He buttonholed me by the shops and gave me the story of his life.
• The edges are buttonholed all around.
• The title of the book gave me the willies--I could only think of my moms 1947 Singer with the giy-normous buttonhole attachment and how many frustrating hours she spent trying to get it to work, not to mention the ruffler . Toys! Wonderful toys! - A Dress A Day
• A little farther away, in the crowd, a young man with a blue tie and a fleur-de-lys in his buttonhole, sells pamphlets of monarchist poetry in honor of Louis de Bourbon for 5 euros.
• But now, as Kurt and I moved tentatively toward where Pam had buttonholed him, Murdoch seemed not only unaccompanied but alone.
• The bride's bouquet and 30 buttonholes for the guests failed to turn up at the couple's home.
• Buttonholed while crossing the court-house lawn, and backed into a corner between the county clerk's office and the jail, Shelby had to listen with what patience he might to her denunciation of what she called his vile concord with Belial. The Henchman
• As usual, Leberecht was immaculately dressed, sporting a carnation in the buttonhole of his pinstripe suit. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
• Vernon; one of the Italian cotton toiles de Gênes, so familiar to tourists on the Riviera, cut out and "buttonholed" upon a heavier background, presenting to view a large tree with flowers fruit and birds, all at once upon its branches. Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 1843-1920. Recollections Grave and Gay