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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Recent Examples of sew Each model is finely outfitted with various tools, from a sewing awl to a Philips screwdriver. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025 May Hicks Curtis House, Flagstaff, Arizona: the home of the woman who sewed the first Arizona state flag in 1911, which must be moved but needs to be preserved and rehabilitated. Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2025 This cap did come with an elastic band already sewn into the wig, however, the wig is a little big on my head. Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 2 May 2025 Whatever one’s view of the policies themselves, Trump’s total upending of the global status quo has sewn fear and uncertainty among America’s friends, exacerbated market volatility and normalized economic aggression. Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sew
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  • On Virgin, rebirth is stitched into every line: The album is feral, wild, and physical, full of Lorde’s most from-the-gut singing ever.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
  • And like his Met Gala look, it’s stitched with purpose.
    Essence, Essence, 12 May 2025
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  • For example, in the hand tendon-transfer surgery for high median-ulnar palsy, one muscle is sutured to all four finger flexor tendons.
    Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Doctors still will need to practice sawing into bone and suturing muscles.
    Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024

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