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Meanings of stitch shut in English

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Usage of stitch shut in English
1
Those two opposing colossi tore a rip in my chest I can't seem to stitch shut.
Lit: a memoir
2
Its eyelids were stitched shut; the nose collapsed into a hole.
Voice of the Fire
3
The outer robe was then quickly stitched shut with a few bold strokes from Chiaku's bone needle.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
He looked down at himself and saw that the wounds that criss-crossed his chest had been expertly stitched shut.
The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
5
A photograph provided to Reuters on Wednesday shows what appears to be a detainee with his lips stitched shut.
Reuters
6
Where her other arm ought to have hung, her dress sleeve had been stitched shut and pinned to her side.
Boneshaker
7
He attempts to open his eyes but they feel as though they have been stitched shut with a needle and thread.
The death of bunny munro: a novel
8
A Reuters cameraman who visited the prison on Friday saw 10 inmates with their mouths stitched shut - most had used metal wire.
Reuters
9
My terrible loss seemed suddenly to be a surgeon's needle that stitched shut my throat and sewed my tongue to the roof of my mouth.
Fear nothing