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or sewed
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 sewn
Her resourceful mother dutifully sewed many of her clothes.
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Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
Atwood points out all the beads were sewn on by hand and made from glass.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Small nuggets of gold had been hammered into round disks and sewn onto King Tut’s clothes to enable him to carry some of his wealth into the afterlife.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Typically used in Black hairstyles, a weave features either natural or synthetic hair that is sewn into a person's hair, per Indique Hair.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Her interpretation was hand-sewn in Paris.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 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
My great-grandmothers on both sides sewed clothes for their families, and my own sewing machine belonged to my grandmother, who used it to hem trousers for years.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Some designs have a belt that can be completely removed from the robe and others have been sewn into the fabric.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
Atwood points out all the beads were sewn on by hand and made from glass.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Small nuggets of gold had been hammered into round disks and sewn onto King Tut’s clothes to enable him to carry some of his wealth into the afterlife.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Typically used in Black hairstyles, a weave features either natural or synthetic hair that is sewn into a person's hair, per Indique Hair.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Her interpretation was hand-sewn in Paris.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 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
My great-grandmothers on both sides sewed clothes for their families, and my own sewing machine belonged to my grandmother, who used it to hem trousers for years.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Some designs have a belt that can be completely removed from the robe and others have been sewn into the fabric.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sewn
stitched
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Two men sat on either side of her, one in a hat with WHO RESCUED WHO stitched across it and the other wearing a pearl-button shirt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Her approach to design, stitched with imperfection and forgiveness, mirrors her life’s arc from hardship to healing.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Sewn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewn. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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