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01. Your mother can [sew] a patch over that hole in the knee of your jeans if you want.
02. Sophie is interested in becoming a fashion designer, so she has to learn to [sew], in addition to working on her artistic skills.
03. You'll have to change needles on the [sewing] machine because this fabric is very thick.
04. She uses a large magnet to pick up pins off the floor in the [sewing] room.
05. According to the Bible, it was only when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit that they realized they were naked, and [sewed] fig leaves together to cover themselves.
06. Your mother has [sewn] a patch on the knee of your pants where there was a hole.
07. Penelope gets a lot of pleasure out of her [sewing].
08. The little girl smiled with pride when her grandmother complimented her on the skirt she had made in [sewing] class.
09. Regulation baseballs are [sewn] by hand.
10. The little girl [sewed] herself a little teddy bear, which she stuffed with strips of old fabric.
11. He fell and cracked his head open, so we had to take him to the hospital to get [sewn] up.
12. She made herself a lovely blouse in her [sewing] class.
13. We bought her a little [sewing] basket for her thread and needles and stuff.
14. My sister knows how to [sew], so I'll ask her to shorten my pants for me.
15. The children [sewed] themselves little hand puppets using some old scraps of material.
16. Andrea collected old bits of different colored fabric to [sew] into a beautiful blanket.
17. Michelle [sewed] some lovely curtains for our living room at half the price of what it would have cost to buy them.
18. If you know how to [sew], you can make your own clothes.
19. Fabric is so cheap these days that it's almost cheaper to buy your clothing than to [sew] something yourself.
20. A certain kind of bird in Africa makes its nest by [sewing] leaves together.
21. In 1929, the New York Yankees became the first baseball team to introduce numbers [sewn] on the backs of players' jerseys.
22. My daughter made some nice cushions to go with our sofa in her [sewing] class.
23. A Romanian proverb notes that the needle is small, but it [sews] expensive garments.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • sew — [səu US sou] v past tense sewed past participle sewn [səun US soun] or sewed [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: siwian] to use a needle and thread to make or repair clothes or to fasten something such as a button to them ▪ I learned to sew at… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sew — O.E. siwian to stitch, earlier siowian, from P.Gmc. *siwjanan (Cf. O.N. syja, Swed. sy, O.H.G. siuwan, Goth. siujan to sew ), from PIE root *syu to bind, sew (Cf. Skt. sivyati sews, sutram t …   Etymology dictionary

  • sew — [sō] vt. sewed, sewn or sewed, sewing [ME sewen < OE siwian, akin to Goth siujan < IE base * siw , to sew > SEAM, L suere (pp. sutus), to sew, sew together] 1. to join or fasten with stitches made with needle and thread 2. to make, mend …   English World dictionary

  • Sew — Sew, v. t. [imp. {Sewed}; p. p. {Sewed}, rarely {Sewn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sewing}.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. si[ o]wian, s[=i]wian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s?ja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. ????, Skr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sew — [ sou ] (past tense sewed; past participle sewn [ soun ] or sewed) verb intransitive or transitive * 1. ) to make or repair clothes using a needle and THREAD: sew a skirt/hem 2. ) to fasten something using a needle and THREAD: sew something on… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sew|er — sew|er1 «SOO uhr», noun. an underground drain to carry off waste water and refuse. SYNONYM(S): conduit. ╂[< Old French sewiere sluice from a pond, ultimately < Latin ex out + aquāria (water) vessel < aqua water] sew|er2 «SOH uhr», noun.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • sew — [səʊ ǁ soʊ] verb sewed PASTTENSE sewn PASTPART [səʊn ǁ soʊn] also sewed sew something → up phrasal verb [transitive] 1 …   Financial and business terms

  • Sew — Sew, n.[OE. See {Sewer} household officer.] Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] Gower. [1913 Webster] I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sew — Sew, v. t. [See {Sue} to follow.] To follow; to pursue; to sue. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sew — Sew, v. i. To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sew — Sew, v. t. [[root]151 b. See {Sewer} a drain.] To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [Obs.] Tusser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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