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How to use stitch in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Stitch means a single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. Example: “I cut myself badly while cooking and needed to go to hospital to get stitches.”

Examples of stitch by meaning

nounA single pass of a surgical suture (to sew the edges of a wound together).

  • I cut myself badly while cooking and needed to go to hospital to get stitches.

nounAn intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.

  • I've got a stitch. I'm going to have to stop and rest.
  • After about fifteen minutes I got terrible stitch.

nounA local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.

  • a stitch in the side

nounA single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn.

  • drop a stitch
  • take up a stitch

nounAny least part of a fabric or clothing.

  • to wet every stitch of clothes
  • She didn’t have a stitch (of clothing) on.

nounAn incorporation of an existing video into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a...

  • More than 19,000 people commented, along with more stitches than she could count, Sallee said.2023 May 31, Tatum Hunter, “On TikTok, women get real about the pitfalls of motherhood”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The...
  • One answer that appeared in multiple comments and stitches was that women often think about the possibility of being victims of violence.2023 September 20, Brittany Miller, “Women respond to viral TikTok prompt asking about ‘female version’ of male Roman Empire obsession”, in...
  • The stitches, as they are called on TikTok, nearly always end in agreement that Ms.2023 October 24, Remy Tumin, “She Made Pesto. People Started Spilling Their Secrets.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York...

verbTo form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.

  • to stitch a shirt bosom.

verbTo sew, or unite or attach by stitches.

  • to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
  • Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph

More sentences with stitch

  • Stitches that are knitted look like little V’s when seen from the front.From the entry knit
  • The community pieced together a quilt using a square stitched in each household.From the entry piece together
  • With stitches, the cut should close up in a week to ten days.From the entry close up
  • I stitched together an outfit from a bunch of old clothes.From the entry stitch together
  • The stitching is coming undone on this shirt.From the entry stitching
  • He came back all punched up. He got a few stitches — they really punched him up good.From the entry punch up
  • You stitched those subpar ingredients together into a fine meal.From the entry stitch together
  • I'm not a fan of the new Simpsons episodes, but the old reruns have me in stitches, although I've seen them countless times.From the entry rerun
  • Many parents who have flexibility to work remotely are stitching together summer family travel with work trips.[2025 August 5, Emily Goligoski, “How to Create a Family ‘Bleisure’ Trip”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06…. From the entry bleisure
  • I should have known designing was in my blood as I'm terrible for tweaking patterns I'm stitching.2022, Hayley Wellock, quotee, Cross Stitcher, number 385, Magazines Global, page 71. From the entry terrible
  • “This claim, like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together,” wrote Brann.2020 November 22, Jan Wolfe, Tom Hals, quoting Matthew Brann, “U.S. judge calls Trump claim challenging Biden win in Pennsylvania…. From the entry haphazardly
  • Use one strand of Light Yellow floss to make little fly stitches in the bee's right wing.2020 September 1, Meg Hawkey, Blooms and Blossoms: Sweet Stitcheries Picked from Nature, Martingale, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry right wing
  • Use one strand of Taupe floss and a straight stitch to make the bee's legs.2020 September 1, Meg Hawkey, Blooms and Blossoms: Sweet Stitcheries Picked from Nature, Martingale, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry right wing
  • And now that I'm without your kisses, I'll be needing stitches.2015, “Stiches”, performed by Shawn Mendes. From the entry trip over oneself
  • Taylor would be in stitches, Scooter would be on the floor.2014 September 9, Christos Tsiolkas, Barracuda: A Novel, Hogarth, →ISBN. From the entry Macca's
  • Her robes shimmered with wards of unsight stitched in electrum thread.2013, Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War - Page 566. From the entry unsight
  • The stitches in each family grouping are explained in order of progressive difficulty.2012, Marion Nichols, Encyclopedia of Embroidery Stitches, Including Crewel, →ISBN, page viii. From the entry family grouping
  • Polyester thread was used in appropriate colours, the stitching treated as purely structural and not re-embroidery.2012, Sheila Landi, Textile Conservator's Manual, →ISBN, page 301. From the entry re-embroidery
  • The stitch used in Hawaiian appliqué was simply a hemming stitch, Midori explained.2011, Jennifer Chiaverini, The Aloha Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel, →ISBN, page 180. From the entry Hawaiian appliqué
  • In this pattern, you will be making little amis and working in a lot of slip stitches.2010, Twinkie Chan, Twinkie Chan's Crochet Goodies for Fashion Foodies, page 40. From the entry ami
  • Erol Alkan, who has stitched these myriad influences into something approximating seamlessness.2009 January 12, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times. From the entry seamlessness
  • To the ajoure fabric are attached flowers comprising eight leaves with a half stitch in the centre.2004, Dana Veselská, Laces from the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague, page 104. From the entry ajoure
  • To rip out serger stitches, you'll need to combine the techniques for ripping straight and zigzag stitches.2002, Sew Basic: 34 Essential Skills for Sewing with Confidence, page 69. From the entry rip out
  • Stitches include ajouré works, prints with botanical patterns, plain or close stiches with detailed shaping.1998, American Sportswear & Knitting Times - Volume 67, page 17. From the entry ajouré
  • Even to his unpracticed eye, the stitching showed the results of a patient hand.1992, Stella Cameron, Only by Your Touch, Avon Books, →ISBN, pages 64–65. From the entry unpracticed
  • The size is an inadvertence like the tailor's stitches, to allow a style to emerge.1990, Gerald Burns, A thing about language, page 64. From the entry inadvertence

Meaning of stitch

  1. noun A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
  2. noun A single pass of a surgical suture (to sew the edges of a wound together).
  3. noun An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.

Full definition of stitch

Questions about stitch in a sentence

How do you use stitch in a sentence?
Stitch is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I cut myself badly while cooking and needed to go to hospital to get stitches.”
What is a short sentence with stitch?
“drop a stitch”
What does stitch mean?
Stitch means a single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stitch (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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