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
Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Mystics coach Sydney Johnson said after the game that Melbourne did require stitches, Yahoo Sports reported.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025
ABC News, 8 June 2025
Matching coasters and placemats are stitched with classic lines and a sturdy, textural finish that lays flat on your table.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2025
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Noun
Animal lovers were left in stitches by a puppy who couldn't figure out the concept of a glass staircase.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Mystics coach Sydney Johnson said after the game that Melbourne did require stitches, Yahoo Sports reported.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
Well, no, but the final version -- KARL: Right.
JOHNSON: Was literally taking the 11 components --
KARL: The pieces.
JOHNSON: And -- and stitching them together.
—ABC News, 8 June 2025
Matching coasters and placemats are stitched with classic lines and a sturdy, textural finish that lays flat on your table.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stitch
Noun
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Diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, aches and pains, obesity, and the immune system are challenged.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
7 July 2025
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Consistently waking up with nagging aches and pains?—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
3 July 2025
Verb
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And while the importance of the visual outcome is obvious — achieving undetectable incisions via adept suturing — the aptitude of the practitioner’s craft determines the effect the patient didn’t think enough about in advance: loss, or not, of feeling.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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The story is so bold, the actors deliver top notch performances, and the director sutures you to the screen.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
26 May 2025
Noun
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However, not everyone is empathetic enough to understand that this pain is ongoing.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
7 July 2025
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Our lives in Iran, our pain, are different from the ‘official’ version.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
7 July 2025
Verb
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Weezie towels have a hanging loop sewn into the piping to help aid the drying experience, says Eichholz, but for towels that don’t have a loop, hanging to dry is still best.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
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All clothes are hand-dyed, hand painted and hand sewn in Austin.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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The first pangs struck in late May, when Werenski and the United States won the gold medal at the IIHF World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden, the first gold for Team USA since 1933.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Baker cuts to conflicted close-ups of Igor, underscoring his pangs of conscience on the periphery of the plot.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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After making enough money to repair the Subaru, Ortuoste kept going.—
Nicolas Vega
Kaan Oguz,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
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Dislocated joints have been repaired, tendons have been lengthened.—
Scott Craven,
AZCentral.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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This refreshing serum gets its tingle from peppermint and tea tree, which works with caffeine to invigorate the scalp and maximize the absorption of the formula’s peptides.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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The sight of smoke made my skin tingle and my arm hair stand on end, but not with dread.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
Noun
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In general, tick bites aren’t painful, whereas bites and stings from other insects typically cause pain.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
25 June 2025
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In 2022, an Ohio man suffered 20,000 bee stings when cutting tree branches.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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“Stitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stitch. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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