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sew

[soh] / soʊ /
VERB
prepare fabric for clothing, covering
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"Using foot-pedalling to sew uniforms is very hard because it is slow", he told AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

Saar would often hire them as assistants in the studio, she explains: “We’d help her sew, or draw, or glue things together.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

We have a big couch, and I sew while Jake watches movies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

PhD fashion students at DMU put on a workshop teaching pupils how to sew and mend damaged clothes.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Apparently he’d paid a tailor in Isfahan to sew them into the lining of the super expensive suitcases so the guards at the airport wouldn’t think to inspect them.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Jordan sewed sage green curtains to conceal additional storage spaces and further brighten the space.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Ireland sewed up the play-off place in the group thanks to Troy Parrott's 96th-minute hat-trick goal handing them a 3-2 win over third-placed Hungary.

From Barron's Nov. 16, 2025

Amabile says she has an older sister who for years sewed Halloween costumes for her family.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

He sells overalls with rain boots sewed in to them on TikTok.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2025

Penelope sewed and stole glances at the stage, and a part of her wished it would never end, but at last the ballet was over.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

My mother made all our clothes on a Singer sewing machine for years.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

She said hobbies such as cooking, sewing and gardening were her generation's "rejection of this hyper-digital world that feels really all-consuming".

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Founded in 1862 by Adam Opel, the company produced sewing machines and later bicycles, before venturing into car manufacturing in 1899 at its Ruesselsheim site.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Almost simultaneously the sewing machine reduced the time needed to make a shirt from 16 hours to two, greatly reducing clothing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Aunt Kitty picked up her sewing project and began folding it into a neat pile.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

“If you can avoid having your eyelid sewn shut, avoid it,” Mr. Rushdie says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

BH: The two beaded dresses took over a month because every bead was hand beaded and sewn on.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

The full length was hand sewn by Grant to "make it nice and flat as Venezuela walked and I used an embroidery machine to do the edging round the side".

From BBC May 20, 2026

All of this ambiguity is intentional, sewn into the script with as much care as Sam stitches her dresses.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2026

I wore a blue gingham skirt I’d sewn myself and an ironed T-shirt, white as a bowl of whole milk.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry




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