without a stitch

Example Sentences

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There was the time my father ran out of the house in the middle of the night without a stitch of clothing on because he thought a fox was after our puppies.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2019

After having viewed and reviewed these remote books, I was going away, when my attention was caught by a small naked volume, without a stitch of binding.

From Books and Bookmen by Lang, Andrew

Two coasters and a large yacht were running in for shelter without a stitch of canvas.

From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson)

This marvelous surgery, without a stitch being taken, actually was successful; the fingers healed, and now only a slight scar remains.

From Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer by Farrar, Geraldine

But you are in sad plight, Matilda, after these weary days of travel, without a stitch to your old clothes, so to speak, or means to buy new ones.

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis