1
: the act, method, or occupation of one that sews
2
: material that has been or is to be sewed
Examples of sewing in a Sentence
She left her sewing in the living room.
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Library guests can schedule to be trained on the various tools and equipment in the lab, then schedule a time to work on their own projects utilizing 3-D printers, laser cutters, sewing and embroidery machines and much more.
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Daniel Berra, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Her mother’s parents, the Pattis (her first name is her mother’s maiden name), were immigrant bootleggers; their sewing room had removable floorboards to hide whiskey.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Plates and placemats, yellowed bed linens and napkins, glassware, curios, and sewing kits.
—Libby Buck
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Nine months of starlight and sea air—chess, books, sewing, the sextant and the nautical almanac, bibulous pit stops in scenic ports—ended abruptly one March morning when a sperm whale smashed a hole in their boat.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Daniel Berra, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Her mother’s parents, the Pattis (her first name is her mother’s maiden name), were immigrant bootleggers; their sewing room had removable floorboards to hide whiskey.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Plates and placemats, yellowed bed linens and napkins, glassware, curios, and sewing kits.
—Libby Buck
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Nine months of starlight and sea air—chess, books, sewing, the sextant and the nautical almanac, bibulous pit stops in scenic ports—ended abruptly one March morning when a sperm whale smashed a hole in their boat.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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“Sewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewing. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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