sewn-up
Example Sentences
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Even though “Why Him?” has a fairly neatly sewn-up ending, both actors seem amenable to the idea of a sequel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2016
The company told Kommersant newspaper that one burger features a "sewn-up bun", recalling the artist stitching his mouth shut in support of jailed punk band Pussy Riot in 2012.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2016
He showed me a sewn-up hole on his New Balance cross-trainer, which he didn’t want to abandon—it was a really good sneaker, he said.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 27, 2016
It takes the arrival of a child with a sewn-up mouth to help them find a way to speak the truth.
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2013
The girls had grown rather tired of apple-pie beds or sewn-up nightdress sleeves, but nobody had yet thought of somnambulism.
From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Balliol Salmon
