Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A past participle of sew.

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  • verb Past participle of sew

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  • adjective fastened with stitches

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Examples

  • I peered at the name sewn onto her coat in blue stitching, vowing to Google her later and maybe, I thought wildly, submit her as a candidate for a Dateline exposé.

    Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011

  • I peered at the name sewn onto her coat in blue stitching, vowing to Google her later and maybe, I thought wildly, submit her as a candidate for a Dateline exposé.

    Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011

  • I peered at the name sewn onto her coat in blue stitching, vowing to Google her later and maybe, I thought wildly, submit her as a candidate for a Dateline exposé.

    Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011

  • Tony and I will never check up on him, or return the two neckties lent to us by him, ties that have little labels with his name sewn into them, labels sewn with all the love that he lost.

    Learning to Die in Miami Carlos Eire 2010

  • People sent me handmade quilts and blankets, some with my name sewn into them.

    I’m Still Standing SHOSHANA JOHNSON 2010

  • Hello, little girlerKee-ree-uh, the child-nabber would say, cocking his head to the side and phonetically pronouncing the name sewn into the collar of my puffy ski jacket.

    I'm Perfect, You're Doomed Kyria Abrahams 2009

  • I wrapped myself in the musty glamour of the tangerine bouclé coat with the label sewn into its silk lining, the color of the pearly inside of a shell: "Bergdorf Goodman on the Plaza."

    Lily Koppel: How I Slipped into a Young Woman's World From the 1930s... 2008

  • Opposite: Now I had my own costumes made for me, it was my name sewn inside.

    In the Frame Helen Mirren 2007

  • Opposite: Now I had my own costumes made for me, it was my name sewn inside.

    In the Frame Helen Mirren 2007

  • The names of the dolls can be found on a tag sewn on their bottom.

    unknown title 2011

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