"Unbuttoned" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... then cautiously unbuttoned his collar and rolled up the front of his helmet. Then, after delicately sampling the atmosphere by a cautious sniff, he removed his helmet altogether. Bobby followed his example. The air was not by any means so pure as might have been desired, but it was infinitely preferable ...
— All In It K(1) Carries On - A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand • John Hay Beith (AKA: Ian Hay)
... her hand and held it closely. Her fingers clung to his, and he could hear her quick breathing as he unbuttoned the flap of ...
— The Alaskan • James Oliver Curwood
... she crept, sinking into the first easy chair that presented itself. With slow listless fingers she removed her wraps, dropping them on the floor beside her,—laboriously unbuttoned and removed her shoes, and in the same lifeless manner loosened her dress and took the pins from her hair. Then, holding her garments about her, she went in search of night dress, slippers and negligee. A few seconds later she returned ...
— Sunny Slopes • Ethel Hueston
... as she folded it up and unbuttoned two buttons of her dress to push it inside. 'Well,' says ...
— In Homespun • Edith Nesbit
... begun naturally to adjust themselves to their enforced companionship, and it wasn't such a very hard matter, though it cost him some painful wrenches and much twisting of the fingers, for Mr. Trimm to get his coat unbuttoned and his eyeglasses in their small leather case out of his upper waistcoat pocket. With the glasses on his nose he subjected his bonds to a critical examination. Each rounded steel band ran unbroken except for the smooth, almost jointless ...
— The Escape of Mr. Trimm - His Plight and other Plights • Irvin S. Cobb
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