Example Sentences

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Ms. Ono spoke briefly, holding an unfinished white scarf that she had knit for Mr. Coleman.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2015

The shared experience had knit us together, in a way that film watchers, novel readers, and museumgoers can only envy.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2010

But the arrangement was beginning to unravel, and the man who had knit it together in the first place was being summoned to perform some quick-stitch diplomacy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Boss Arcelio Iglesias, Cuba's No. 4 Communist, had knit 9.000 dock wallopers into a powerful Maritime Federation that usually got what it wanted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Johnny took off the red mittens Aunt Lorne had knit for him and stretched his hands toward the fire blazing on the hearth.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes