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
WHITAKER'S is almost tame, and I venture to say that it might be read out loud at a party of sock-knitters without a stitch being dropped.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917 by Various
This marvelous surgery, without a stitch being taken, actually was successful; the fingers healed, and now only a slight scar remains.
From Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer by Farrar, Geraldine
Boats gone, decks swept clean, cabin gutted, men without a stitch but what they stood in, stores spoiled, ship strained.
From Youth, a Narrative by Conrad, Joseph
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 Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson)
