stitches 1 of 2

plural of stitch

stitches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stitch
as in sutures
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 stitches
Noun
Isaac-Slurp stitches Thing back to his wrist. Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025 Pops of olive green, muted blue, mustard yellow, and burnt orange are blended between each row of stitches with homey details. Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025 In the second photo, Ramsay removed the bandage to reveal stitches from his ear to the start of his jaw. Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025 In the second image, Ramsay put his stitches on display after doctors removed a basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Internet Reacts The video gained more than 580,000 views on TikTok and in the comments people were left in stitches by the 5-year-old's drawing. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 His imitation of her reaction was pure vaudeville and had the girls in stitches. Larry David, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025 When police arrived at the scene in the early hours of Friday morning, the defendant — who officials said had three cuts on his arm that needed stitches — allegedly claimed Jacob had attacked him with a knife, according to NBC 4 New York. Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stitches
Noun
  • The polarising billionaire had spent only a few hours in prison upon his return from 15 years of self-exile in August 2023 before he was hospitalised after complaining of heart trouble and chest pains, prompting widespread scepticism and public outrage.
    Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And the Zoned Lumbar Support offers focused support for your lower back, ensuring proper spinal alignment and reducing pressure on your lumbar region, helping to alleviate aches and pains.
    Sherrie Nachman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And the Zoned Lumbar Support offers focused support for your lower back, ensuring proper spinal alignment and reducing pressure on your lumbar region, helping to alleviate aches and pains.
    Sherrie Nachman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Infected people can experience common symptoms including fever, fatigue, body aches, headache, loss of appetite, diarrhea and vomiting.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On today’s models, repairs as simple as replacing a windshield wiper can require access to a vehicle’s computer systems to appropriately diagnose and fix the problem.
    Dwayne Myers, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • After all, who wants to feel the pangs of self-doubt, anxiety, or chronic stress?
    Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Poor people know the intimate, badgering pangs of hunger, but in Ireland, the memory of the 1845-1848 Famine—the Great Hunger, when one million died from starvation and disease, and another million emigrated—still aches.
    Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Over time, though, the lack of advancement stings.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • In this world, every heartbreak stings like a million acupuncture needles.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Stitches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stitches. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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