How to Use sewing machine in a Sentence
sewing machine
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Cuevas prefers a life behind a sewing machine to one in front of the camera.
—thehustle.co, 3 Feb. 2024
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Stitch two sides closed with a sewing machine; turn pouch right-side out.
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 22 Feb. 2023
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Try out the trend yourself with this Singer sewing machine.
—Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
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Try out the trend yourself with this Singer sewing machine.
—Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2024
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Her sewing machine table stands next to a bunk bed, and clothes pile up on a chair next to it.
—Markus Ziener, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
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The Hustle While Nudie was out on the floor, selling hard, Cuevas was in the back sitting at the sewing machine.
—thehustle.co, 3 Feb. 2024
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Jensen’s sewing machine hummed in another part of the house.
—Margret Grebowicz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
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All our students need is the Internet, a sewing machine, and a smile!
—Svetlana Khachiyan, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
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Other students were learning to use a sewing machine for the first time.
—Alex Haddon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024
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My line went taut, and then the rig danced down the gunnel like a sewing machine needle toward the motor.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 June 2023
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Use a sewing machine set to a zigzag stitch to attach the strips, sewing the 4-inch sides together with a 1/4-inch seam allowance.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
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In one scene, Whelan was shown working at a sewing machine.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2024
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As wrap gifts for the Decameron cast and crew, Hale sewed and painted 30 rope bowls, which meant bringing a sewing machine with him to the set in Rome.
—Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
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A lot of people in the community do not have a sewing machine.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
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Williams sold a horse to fund Cohn’s first sewing machine, and the tailor made the singer’s stage suits at a price that fit his small costume budget.
—Amy Bizzarri, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
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Because Mal & Angus got it from the back of their sister's sewing machine.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Each piece is handmade and sewn on a Singer sewing machine by Roberts in his Brooklyn apartment.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025
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Elias Howe, the inventor of the first sewing machine, claimed that the main innovation, placing the thread hole near the tip of the needle, came to him in a dream.
—Andrey Vyshedskiy, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2023
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Here, a sheepskin sweatband is snipped to size and installed with a vintage Singer sewing machine.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
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Francis began Gymshark as a teenager in his parent’s garage, armed with a sewing machine and a screen printer.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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Once this towel is a little too loved, turn it into a pair (or two) of pull-on terry shorts with just a sewing machine and a piece of elastic.
—Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 26 June 2024
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On one of the worktables near a sewing machine is a sketch of a pink vest and pants set that were recently constructed for a photo shoot.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
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Using a ¼-inch seam allowance on your sewing machine, sew the pieces together at each corner as shown with the red lines in the diagram.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
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His father, Joseph, worked as a welder for the Singer sewing machine company, and his mother, Louise, sewed for a furrier.
—Nate Chinen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
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Racks of clothes, casting boards, a sewing machine, artwork, and even the designer’s dog Powie were in residence.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2023
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My father’s mother had never taken to the sewing machine and instead knitted afghans and scarves.
—Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
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Danner leaves a heavy sewing machine set up on a long dining room table at her Aunt Diana’s house in Utqiagvik.
—Emily Schwing, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
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Sew Pillow Covers Break out your sewing machine and sew your own throw pillow covers.
—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 May 2023
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My mother stitched them with colorful designs, working at a sewing machine that could be heard echoing throughout the house in the evenings.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
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Megan Walsh grew up listening to the sound of her mom’s Singer sewing machine, thudding against Halloween costume fabric.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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