Sewed is an English word with synonyms like sewn or stitched. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sewed meaning
simple past and past participle of sew
Using Sewed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of sew
- Useful related words include: sewn, stitched, seamed.
- In the example corpus, sewed often appears in combinations such as: sewed up, sewed and, she sewed.
Context around Sewed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sewed
- In this selection, "sewed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hand, smith, rainey, elaborate, seeds and masks stand out and add context to how "sewed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 60s he sewed elaborate drag and a lot sewed quilts painted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sewed" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sewed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
My Grandma even sewed us masks. (6 words)
Her older sister, Rainey, sewed her costumes. (7 words)
Davy read a lot, sewed quilts, painted flowers, and redecorated and painted her home. (14 words)
Amazingly, over the course of an eight-day trial, Smith sewed seeds of reasonable doubt with jurors, saying it was her twin sister who committed the frauds — and that no one could tell them apart. (35 words)
Putins cyber warfare game was on point with the chaos he sewed around the world and it was fairly low cost for a big return compared to an army. (29 words)
He had heard that any man could make an “independent fortune” who could invent a machine that could do what he saw his wife doing as she sewed. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
As a young man in the 1950s and 60s, he sewed elaborate drag outfits for himself before going out every weekend.
He had heard that any man could make an “independent fortune” who could invent a machine that could do what he saw his wife doing as she sewed.
Putins cyber warfare game was on point with the chaos he sewed around the world and it was fairly low cost for a big return compared to an army.
The lady cut open a pair of old jeans and then sewed them back together as a skirt.
Akakioga hand-sewed each bead row-by-row, which took nearly 80 hours to complete.
Amazingly, over the course of an eight-day trial, Smith sewed seeds of reasonable doubt with jurors, saying it was her twin sister who committed the frauds — and that no one could tell them apart.
Amiran Shekiladze is among four men on hunger strike who sewed their lips shut in Georgia’s sinking village of Shukruti.
Her older sister, Rainey, sewed her costumes.
Jean was a witty conversationalist, intelligent communicator, loved to dance, excelled at finding four-leaf clovers, and was a stylish dresser who sewed most of her own clothes.
The Black Bears all but sewed up the win with a 12-play, 81-yard drive that was capped by Peevy’s 5-yard pass to Montigo Moss.
The sturdy, double-hemmed garment invites her grandmother Christine, who sewed it by hand and wore it often before she died in 1994, to join her.
His friend Karl Lagerfeld would make him navy silk capes, while designer Nicolas Ghesquière sewed him emerald green ones, paired with matching boots.
Many people can remember that she often sewed and charged nothing or very little for her services.
Mudge sewed and donated masks to CalvertHealth Medical Center, workers at her local Walmart, and health care workers standing in line for a meal.
My Grandma even sewed us masks.
On a recent afternoon, the sewing machines were chirping away as two of the shop’s employees sewed masks to be shipped out.
She altered many cheerleader uniforms and sewed patches on letter jackets for the students of Sunray for decades.
But Tim Doherty sewed up the win when he flipped the puck 160 feet into the empty net 33 seconds later.
Davy read a lot, sewed quilts, painted flowers, and redecorated and painted her home.
Everyone is going to miss her carefully tending to her garden, the things she carefully sewed and her cooking; especially her homemade pizza, bread and pasta.
Common combinations with sewed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sewed up 5×
- sewed and 4×
- she sewed 3×
- who sewed 3×
- and sewed 3×
- he sewed 2×
- sewed their 2×
- women sewed 2×