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Recent Examples of sew
And furniture being cut from pine, molded, sewed, finished.
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Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
That leads to longer build times as those complicated parts are sewn together with assemblages of other, smaller parts, before being shipped across the ocean, and eventually trucked to the final construction site.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
As an industrious and self-reliant senior, Ringwald essentially baby-sits her chronically myopic father (Harry Dean Stanton), sews her own clothes and contends with the condescension of her patrician peers.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
The man of the hour wore lungs, kidneys, and a heart from an old anatomical chart sewn onto his black leotard.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sew
Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
That leads to longer build times as those complicated parts are sewn together with assemblages of other, smaller parts, before being shipped across the ocean, and eventually trucked to the final construction site.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
As an industrious and self-reliant senior, Ringwald essentially baby-sits her chronically myopic father (Harry Dean Stanton), sews her own clothes and contends with the condescension of her patrician peers.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
The man of the hour wore lungs, kidneys, and a heart from an old anatomical chart sewn onto his black leotard.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sew
Verb
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And who wouldn’t want to see their baby’s name stitched on a blanket with an adorable giraffe, lion, hippo, or unicorn?—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
7 Apr. 2026
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McClanahan will honor his father, James, who passed away in January, with his JWM initials stitched into his glove.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The nerves can be sutured back together to minimize pain, Bank said, but most breast surgeons haven’t been trained to do this.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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The company says the system would be able to perform hemorrhage control, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, stabilizing the patient until evacuation can be carried out.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Sew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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