unstitching
- a word derived from stitching.
Example Sentences
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Or it runs backward and forward over endless lists, stitching and unstitching.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 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
Mantel is unstitching history – reimagining events as provisional, undecided.
From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2012
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
I endeavored to conceal it by unstitching the front of the shirt I am wearing, and sewing it up between the folds.
From The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War by Upward, Allen