How To Use buttonhook In A Sentence
- And it's going to make a big right hand turn, a big buttonhook, if you used to play sideline or flag football, and that is not going to affect anyone. CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2005
- “There is that,” Sophie agreed, doing up the back of the dress with a clever little buttonhook. Clockwork Angel
- As they reached the end of the line, they slowly filed past one or more PHS officers who, at a glance, surveyed them for a variety of serious and minor diseases and conditions, finally turning back their eyelids with their fingers or a buttonhook to check for trachoma. Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free: Ellis Island | Edwardian Promenade
- My sister's cousin did pass along that she met some of Cassie's relations who came by to pick up the nickel, buttonhook and Lucky Strikes. Cassie Fly
- He started working again, the buttonhook moving steadily up the front of her shin while his other hand cradled the calf of her leg. The Lightkeeper
- A combination buttonhook and zipper puller having a tapered elongated portion can be inserted in buttonholes of different sizes to grasp buttons of different sizes for buttoning.
- Victorian boots often had lots of loops and buttons to fasten, and this buttonhook helped with that.
- He had always been intrigued by all types of locks and fasteners and hardware, practicing at home by opening the drawers, closets, and pantries of his house at will, using a small buttonhook. The Secret Life of Houdini
- When it became clear he needed to brace one hand around her ankle in order to wield the buttonhook, he did so doggedly. The Lightkeeper
- His eyes reconcentrated themselves quickly on the buttonhook, and as if in apology James hurried on: In Chancery