How to Use sew in a Sentence

sew

verb
  • The surgeon sewed the wound shut.
  • I sewed the button back on the shirt.
  • He sewed a patch onto his sleeve.
  • She sews her own dresses by hand.
  • She designs her own dresses and sews in her free time.
  • Joel sews down the artist’s wigs across the perimeter of her head.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Hem the sides and sew loops on either end to fit the rods.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 17 Apr. 2019
  • The Witch's hair is made of felt, cut into strips and sewn to the head.
    — Michele Filon, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The long twine of a decade, hold the tattoo needle to skin and sew habibti.
    — Hala Alyan, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Girls learned to cook and bake, to sew, to keep house, to not get too roughed up.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The dress took almost 10 weeks to sew, with all the work done by hand.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Every which way, the Bronx is sewn and bound and grappled and clamped to the rest of the city.
    — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Start on a long side and sew a 1/2-inch seam along three sides.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2022
  • There are sweaters with plush reindeer heads sewn to the front.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2018
  • From there, it's stuffed, sewn, and shipped out to people all over the world.
    — Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2018
  • Afterward, tracks are sewn on the back of the unit from ear to ear.
    — Shammara Lawrence, Allure, 10 Sep. 2018
  • Hem the sides and sew loops on either end to fit the rods snugly.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 25 July 2019
  • Using a hand stitch, sew one side of the wing to the outer thigh of your pants.
    — Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 11 Oct. 2018
  • But anyone who doesn’t sew might not get the most out of this bag.
    — Josh Grant, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The vet snipped them off, sutured the wound and sewed the incision shut.
    — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
  • Her big blue glass eyes seem to stare right at me, and her mouth has been sewn shut.
    — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The slain woman loved to sew and made a lot of her own garments by hand.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Next, sew both sides of the faux fur together, and do the same with a piece of felt that’s the same size as the fur.
    — Lauren Sheffield, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Aug. 2018
  • If the length of the ribbons is right, double your thread and sew the pieces into place on the wrong side of the sheets.
    — Alden Wicker, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Just chop off the straps and back clasps, and then hand sew the outline of the cups into any dress.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 14 Feb. 2023
  • There are 86 inches of waxed red thread used to sew the cover of the baseball.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • In the poignant video, the name Grimwade on the back of his jersey is stripped off, and a new name, Musto, is sewn on.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Lidiya loved to cook, sew and take care of her family and friends.
    — courant.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Sometimes these pockets are even sewn closed to help the vest maintain its shape.
    — Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Girls worked in kitchens and sewed; boys farmed, did carpentry, and practiced blacksmithing.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025

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