as in sutured
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed
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Recent Examples of stitched
Hand-stitched and overly plush, the front is made from a cotton and linen blend, while the reverse side is 100% cotton.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2026
The international nonprofit’s mission is to promote the art quilt as a creative visual work that is layered and stitched with a vision that the art quilt be universally respected as a fine art medium.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Dots, a brand hallmark, are another recurring motif, both thanks to holes knit into chunky sweaters and paillettes stitched onto delicate, straight-as-an-arrow slip dresses.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
Mom skinned it, went to the pound to find a slightly smaller dog, and stitched the old dog’s skin over the new dog.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
More often than not, the swelling does not shrink quite enough for it to all be stitched back together.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Hunter Hess, a skier, made a useful distinction between the flag stitched onto his clothes and the vision of his country that lives in his heart and mind.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Investigators have not yet stitched the details together to reveal the full story of what happened to Guthrie.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
The aerial views were surreal—cliffs tumbling into aquamarine seas, olive groves stitched like patchwork across the land—Mallorca, seen from the gods’ point of view.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2026
The international nonprofit’s mission is to promote the art quilt as a creative visual work that is layered and stitched with a vision that the art quilt be universally respected as a fine art medium.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Dots, a brand hallmark, are another recurring motif, both thanks to holes knit into chunky sweaters and paillettes stitched onto delicate, straight-as-an-arrow slip dresses.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
Mom skinned it, went to the pound to find a slightly smaller dog, and stitched the old dog’s skin over the new dog.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
More often than not, the swelling does not shrink quite enough for it to all be stitched back together.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Hunter Hess, a skier, made a useful distinction between the flag stitched onto his clothes and the vision of his country that lives in his heart and mind.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Investigators have not yet stitched the details together to reveal the full story of what happened to Guthrie.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
The aerial views were surreal—cliffs tumbling into aquamarine seas, olive groves stitched like patchwork across the land—Mallorca, seen from the gods’ point of view.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stitched
Verb
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The surgeon sutured the wounds but knew the arm would have to be amputated.—
Sarah El Deeb,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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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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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.—
Janis Mackey Frayer,
NBC news,
4 Feb. 2026
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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
Verb
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Monitoring usually continues until the fire protection system is repaired and approved for use.—
Matthew Kayser,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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It's already been repaired, don't worry.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2026
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