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
The royal opted for a smart suit from Bella Freud for the occasion, the plaid fabric delicately stitched with an electric blue thread running through it (there’s no pattern that says fall quite like plaid).
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Harriet Johnston, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
Tiffany has a pop-up experience at this year's Open where a one-of-a-kind tennis racket is on display, featuring 5 carats of diamonds, alongside a 24-karat gold vermeil tennis ball, stitched with almost 7 carats of diamonds.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
One side is crafted from 100 percent linen, and the reverse, 100 percent cotton, both of which are stitched to create an eye-catching bubble texture accentuated by the plush fiber filling between the layers.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Her handiwork is tucked into jacket linings, stitched onto knits and splashed across sheer Step Up stockings.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Eyes fixed on his feet, hands stitched to the inside of his trouser pockets, Pep Guardiola dragged himself onto the Amex turf before Darren England had even brought the whistle down from his mouth.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
At this stage, sexy is confidence stitched into every seam.
—Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 18 Aug. 2025
Microsoft has campaigned hard to switch Chrome users to its Edge browser, taking flak for the nags and ads stitched into Windows itself, including ones that interrupt Chrome installations on a PC.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
The vast majority of leather belts on the market are machine stitched, with a vanishingly small minority distinguished by a painstaking process called saddle-stitching.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2024
Harriet Johnston, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
Tiffany has a pop-up experience at this year's Open where a one-of-a-kind tennis racket is on display, featuring 5 carats of diamonds, alongside a 24-karat gold vermeil tennis ball, stitched with almost 7 carats of diamonds.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
One side is crafted from 100 percent linen, and the reverse, 100 percent cotton, both of which are stitched to create an eye-catching bubble texture accentuated by the plush fiber filling between the layers.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Her handiwork is tucked into jacket linings, stitched onto knits and splashed across sheer Step Up stockings.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Eyes fixed on his feet, hands stitched to the inside of his trouser pockets, Pep Guardiola dragged himself onto the Amex turf before Darren England had even brought the whistle down from his mouth.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
At this stage, sexy is confidence stitched into every seam.
—Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 18 Aug. 2025
Microsoft has campaigned hard to switch Chrome users to its Edge browser, taking flak for the nags and ads stitched into Windows itself, including ones that interrupt Chrome installations on a PC.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
The vast majority of leather belts on the market are machine stitched, with a vanishingly small minority distinguished by a painstaking process called saddle-stitching.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stitched
sewed
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Years later, Imaging Spence sewed his fringe jackets.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Stitched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stitched. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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