as in ache
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
had to drop out of the race when the stitch in his side became too painful
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as in to suture
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed
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Recent Examples of stitch
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Court records say Grissom was riding a motorcycle by himself without a helmet as an 8-year-old and hit a concrete surface, knocking him unconscious and requiring 18 stitches to the back of his head.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Loewe’s Puzzle bag, which Anderson introduced in his first collection, and which is made from soft leather cut into patchwork pieces and then stitched back together at rakish angles, is a choice non-blingy brag.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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One man's trip to PetSmart with his golden retriever has left people in stitches after the pup unwittingly pulled off a dog-toy heist.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Court records say Grissom was riding a motorcycle by himself without a helmet as an 8-year-old and hit a concrete surface, knocking him unconscious and requiring 18 stitches to the back of his head.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
Her body and arms are stitched stuffed, with an easy-to-operate design.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Loewe’s Puzzle bag, which Anderson introduced in his first collection, and which is made from soft leather cut into patchwork pieces and then stitched back together at rakish angles, is a choice non-blingy brag.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stitch
Noun
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Dehydration contributes to headaches, body aches, dry mouth, and fatigue associated with hangovers.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
19 Mar. 2025
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There’s certainly the risk of getting any of the common but often hard-to-deal-with long COVID symptoms like fatigue, muscle aches, breathlessness, headaches, difficulty thinking and alterations in taste listed on the World Health Organization website.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Doctors still will need to practice sawing into bone and suturing muscles.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC News,
19 Dec. 2024
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And when Jay Rubin translated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995), roughly 25,000 words were left on the cutting-room floor, while hefty structural changes were required to suture the remaining text together.—
Bailey Trela,
Vulture,
19 Nov. 2024
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Her pain and rage, her desire to be coddled and loved all announced itself with a furious punk purity.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
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But having said that, having done it twice now, there is more of a sense of understanding procedurally what works and how to streamline it, so our goal is never to draw out people's pain for three years.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Sometimes these pockets are even sewn closed to help the vest maintain its shape.—
BestReviews,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Anuja is caught between her sister and taking this exam, and Palak injures herself while sewing.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Every day brings a sigh of relief and a pang of nostalgia.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Rosie O'Donnell encourages Americans to 'protect your sanity' Although the Emmy-winning host has been enjoying the warm reception from her Irish neighbors, O'Donnell also shared the pangs of homesickness she's been experiencing.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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If a site is damaged or vandalized, the group will repair it themselves, hoping to avoid an escalation into sectarian conflict between the Christian community and their Sunni neighbors.—
Chris Massaro,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Since the program’s launch, a total of 40,000 pairs of shoes have been repaired, with 700 given a new life in Brooklyn alone.—
Emilia Petrarca,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That tingle of anxiety will become an old friend, and the feeling of having triumphed over fear will become equally familiar, if not more familiar, than the fear itself.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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Feeling that glimpse, at my luckiest moments, as an electric tingle racing the length of my spine.—
Leath Tonino,
Outside Online,
13 Jan. 2025
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The security video looked like a scene from an undercover sting operation against a 30-year-old Turkish graduate student in her white coat and backpack.—
Jack Healy,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Within reach was the wasp’s sting and its ovipositor – the tube-like appendage used by many insects to lay eggs.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Stitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stitch. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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