stitching
noun
the act of a person or thing that stitches.
unstitching
-
a word derived from
stitching.
Example Sentences
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While we all rack our brains to figure out how to unsettle Steve Smith, the man himself goes about quietly unstitching Englands best laid plans, as Ali Martin reports.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2019
Like unstitching a blanket, or unbaking a cake: you can choose your own simile, but the inference is clear.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2017
As it was with the Knicks and the oft-injured Reed, Portland’s eventual sorrow and unstitching began at center, where Walton’s congenitally fragile feet short-circuited a second run the next season and perhaps a dynastic era.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2014
Europe needs a strategy for shoring up banks before unstitching a July accord to cut Greek bond values by an average of 21 percent, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 10, 2011
Ch'ing Wen commenced by unstitching the lining, and, inserting under it, a bamboo bow, of the size of the mouth of a tea cup, she bound it tight at the back.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
