Example Sentences

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A black coat gaped open at the back - as if whoever had been stitching it ran out of thread or just gave up before finishing it.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2013

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had been stitching together suddenly threatened to unravel last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only a short while ago she had been stitching upon this apparel for her baby—a foolish little dress, all edged about with a narrow lace braid.

From A Melody in Silver by Abbott, Keene

She stared at him with a face whiter than the linen she had been stitching.

From The Native Born or, the Rajah's People by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)

For five months of this time she had been stitching the seams and hems of umbrella covers for 35 cents a hundred.

From Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls by Clark, Sue Ainslie