1
: the act, method, or occupation of one that sews
2
: material that has been or is to be sewed
Examples of sewing in a Sentence
She left her sewing in the living room.
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The collection is sparse from then on, since starting in the early 1970s the sewing industry mirrored the shift to ready-to-wear and away from couture.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 1 Nov. 2024
The contest has five categories: Character, Creative, Scary, Youth (under 13) and Group and there's $4,000 in cash prizes available so get shopping, sewing, gluing, building or whatever!
—Analis Bailey, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
The examples are endless—cooking, painting, gardening, hunting, fishing, woodworking, sewing, raising children and playing musical instruments.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
If your giftee is a crafter, that’s all the better: The set is shaped like a sewing kit.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2024
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 1 Nov. 2024
The contest has five categories: Character, Creative, Scary, Youth (under 13) and Group and there's $4,000 in cash prizes available so get shopping, sewing, gluing, building or whatever!
—Analis Bailey, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
The examples are endless—cooking, painting, gardening, hunting, fishing, woodworking, sewing, raising children and playing musical instruments.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
If your giftee is a crafter, that’s all the better: The set is shaped like a sewing kit.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sewing
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“Sewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewing. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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