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
Daughter of that descamisado, as my father calls him because he died without a stitch on his back!
From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Goldberg, Isaac
The shopman would marry the boys' sister—a poor simple girl without a stitch of good clothes—and get the bird with her.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
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
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
