without a stitch
Example Sentences
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There was the time my father ran out of the house in the middle of the night without a stitch of clothing on because he thought a fox was after our puppies.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2019
Two coasters and a large yacht were running in for shelter without a stitch of canvas.
From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson) Ward
Daughter of that descamisado, as my father calls him because he died without a stitch on his back!
From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Isaac Goldberg
After having viewed and reviewed these remote books, I was going away, when my attention was caught by a small naked volume, without a stitch of binding.
From Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang
The shopman would marry the boys' sister—a poor simple girl without a stitch of good clothes—and get the bird with her.
From The Aran Islands by J. M. (John Millington) Synge
