as in stitched
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 sewed
The story of the horse began when a worker sewed its mouth on the wrong way, said Zhang Huoqing, owner of the Happy Sister shop in Yiwu, a wholesale hub in central Zhejiang province.
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Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Volf sewed the bundles in and used the Got2B Glued Blasting Freeze Spray to lay the closure down to my hairline.
—Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 31 Jan. 2026
It was known that her mother sewed her sequin-heavy competition dresses, and the outfits were viewed as garish, especially when compared to Kerrigan’s understated ensembles—designed by Vera Wang, no less.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
In the traditional, DéLana sewed beautiful, distinctive and colorful dresses.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
Joud's scalp was ripped open and sewed shut with rudimentary stitches.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 12 Nov. 2025
Her resourceful mother dutifully sewed many of her clothes.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
After placing supply caches the previous summer, John and his friends Alexander Drummond and Peter Vanderwall began in mid-March with newfangled fiberglass nordic skis and a pole-free tent that John sewed himself.
—Outside Online, 29 Oct. 2025
Aldrich, who sewed the badge himself on an article of clothing, attends the Zamorano Fine Arts Academy.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Volf sewed the bundles in and used the Got2B Glued Blasting Freeze Spray to lay the closure down to my hairline.
—Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 31 Jan. 2026
It was known that her mother sewed her sequin-heavy competition dresses, and the outfits were viewed as garish, especially when compared to Kerrigan’s understated ensembles—designed by Vera Wang, no less.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
In the traditional, DéLana sewed beautiful, distinctive and colorful dresses.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
Joud's scalp was ripped open and sewed shut with rudimentary stitches.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 12 Nov. 2025
Her resourceful mother dutifully sewed many of her clothes.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
After placing supply caches the previous summer, John and his friends Alexander Drummond and Peter Vanderwall began in mid-March with newfangled fiberglass nordic skis and a pole-free tent that John sewed himself.
—Outside Online, 29 Oct. 2025
Aldrich, who sewed the badge himself on an article of clothing, attends the Zamorano Fine Arts Academy.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sewed
Verb
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Second, there are smaller, figurative works, in which the figures are glued onto the surface instead of stitched.—
Benjamin Lima
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Sézane’s is made from sage green corduroy velvet, while Toast’s version is hand-stitched by artisans in West Bengal with a pretty sunflower print.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The travelogue portion of Walking the Bypass is sutured, sometimes maladroitly, to a history of the Crown’s abuses of Indigenous peoples.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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