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  • verb Present participle of unstitch.

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Examples

  • I spend my nights stitching and unstitching hems, collars, cuffs, filling them with the product of my curse.

    Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009

  • Others who criticized various drafts, and to whom I am very grateful, are J.rry Coyne, J. Anderson Thomson, R. Elisabeth Cornwell, Ursula Goodenough, Latha Menon and especially Karen Owens, critic extraordinaire, whose acquaintance with the stitching and unstitching of every draft of the book has been almost as detailed as my own.

    The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006

  • Without the benefit of the final stitching and unstitching, Trimalchio sometimes sags.

    Discovering a Lesser Gatsby, Perfection's Rough Draft 2000

  • Ch'ing Wen commenced by unstitching the lining, and, inserting under it,

    Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

  • Eldár took them, and at once went into the moonlight, drew a small knife from under his dagger, and started unstitching the lining of the beshmét.

    Hadji Murad 1904

  • The payout would buy Greece time as seven countries including Germany, Europe's dominant economy, consider unstitching a July accord on a second bailout, potentially calling for Greek bond writedowns of as much as 50 percent that would constitute default, two European officials said.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Please tell me this is ok or do I have to start unstitching

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • The plan reverses years of unstitching the Maoist-era social safety net that used to send "barefoot doctors" across rural areas of China to provide free or nearly free basic care.

    USATODAY.com News - Top Stories 2009

  • Labor is now unstitching the monster it created in Telstra 20 years ago.

    News 2009

  • IN upgrading its broadband plans to an ambitious $43 billion fibre to the home network, Labor is now unstitching the monster it created in Telstra 20 years ago.

    Whirlpool.net.au 2009

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