as in to stitch
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
luckily, I was able to sew the tear so skillfully that my pants looked as good as new
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Though the legal details sewn throughout The Prosecutor may well be accurate, the script regurgitates facts, figures and procedures with such relentless force that the sheer volume of information soon becomes overwhelming.
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James Marsh, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
The space includes a sewing classroom, sewing lab, conference rooms for mentorship and collaboration, a wood and metal shop and a specialized costume storage area with an industrial garment conveyor.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
In a special touch, the bride paired her wedding dress with a cathedral veil sewn by her grandmother, who used lace from Julia's mother's 1995 wedding dress.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
There was no one to do their alterations, as there would have been for white people shopping in the same department store, so most black women either knew how to sew or someone in their family knew how to alter their clothes.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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James Marsh, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
The space includes a sewing classroom, sewing lab, conference rooms for mentorship and collaboration, a wood and metal shop and a specialized costume storage area with an industrial garment conveyor.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
In a special touch, the bride paired her wedding dress with a cathedral veil sewn by her grandmother, who used lace from Julia's mother's 1995 wedding dress.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
There was no one to do their alterations, as there would have been for white people shopping in the same department store, so most black women either knew how to sew or someone in their family knew how to alter their clothes.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Sew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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