sewn-up
Example Sentences
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Even though “Why Him?” has a fairly neatly sewn-up ending, both actors seem amenable to the idea of a sequel.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2016
He showed me a sewn-up hole on his New Balance cross-trainer, which he didn’t want to abandon—it was a really good sneaker, he said.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 27, 2016
Just days before voting in 1992, Labour thought it had things sewn-up - leading to a spectacular piece of hubris from a party leader.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2015
It takes the arrival of a child with a sewn-up mouth to help them find a way to speak the truth.
From The Guardian • May 1, 2013
The ball, made of sewn-up kangaroo skin, is thrown in the air; whoever catches it goes with his or her division—for women join in this game—into a group in the middle, the other circling round.
From The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh)