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
• 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
• The vet snipped them off, sutured the wound and sewed the incision shut.
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
• The slain woman loved to sew and made a lot of her own garments by hand.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2022
• 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
• The machines were used by staff to make clothes for the children, and the kids were also taught how to sew.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 16 June 2021
• That love grew to us wanting to learn to sew and create our own looks.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
• You will be taught the basic pieces and functions of the sewing machine and then sew a tote bag.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
• He was taught by his grandmother to draw and by an aunt to sew.
  — Vogue, 22 Oct. 2021
• Use a serger or a tight zig-zag stitch around the edges to sew the pieces together.
  — Jennifer White, Parents, 30 July 2024
• Create a placemat by folding the towel in half and sewing around the edges.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
• Fold in the top 1 inch of the fabric and sew a channel, leaving a 1-inch opening.
  — Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 21 Aug. 2023
• In Sands' world, lace is no longer something to sew on a dress or pin to a tablecloth.
  — Alicia Eler, Star Tribune, 28 May 2021
• Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, 10, who excelled in school and learned how to sew from YouTube videos.
  — New York Times, 31 May 2022
• Try thrifting, buy used things, buy vintage, and learn how to sew.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 22 Apr. 2023
• Finish the edge by serging it or sewing a row of stay stitching.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 2024
• Her mother, Masha, was a seamstress who was forced to sew clothes for Adolf Hitler's army.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 6 June 2024
• In arts camps, kids can learn to sew or practice their acting skills.
  — chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2021
• There are still hundreds of handmade costumes in the back of the store, many designed and sewn by Boschet herself.
  — Christopher Intagliata, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
• Then, on my father’s side, who is from Louisiana, [my paternal grandmother] also sewed for her 16 children.
  — Ruth Etiesit Samuel, Essence, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024