sewed-up

Example Sentences

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“I sewed-up my little sister’s pony,” she offered.

From Washington Times • Jul. 30, 2017

Look at that gourd, old, with a sewed-up crack in it, and yet to my mind it serves its purpose better than a china basin.

From An Arkansas Planter by Read, Opie Percival

Into the sewed-up part of this shoe he thrust his heel, then, drawing the string tight, the edges rose up and overlapped his foot all round. 

From The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Weston wondered a little at this request, but he complied; and the man passed the garment around to’ the others, who gravely inspected the sewed-up rents and the patches inserted in it.

From The Gold Trail by Bindloss, Harold