How to Use sewing machine in a Sentence

sewing machine

noun
  • Stitch two sides closed with a sewing machine; turn pouch right-side out.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Cuevas prefers a life behind a sewing machine to one in front of the camera.
    — thehustle.co, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Her sewing machine table stands next to a bunk bed, and clothes pile up on a chair next to it.
    — Markus Ziener, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The steady hum of the sewing machine is familiar.
    — Kenny Choi, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • This hosts a desk and seating, plus a sewing machine and some storage space.
    — New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Other students were learning to use a sewing machine for the first time.
    — Alex Haddon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024
  • Guests are encouraged to bring their sewing machine or supplies for hand sewing.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • This can be a picture frame, bedroom set, sewing machine, or anything else.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Isaac Singer’s sewing machine lowered the time to make a shirt from fourteen hours to one hour.
    — Alan Lightman september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • A lot of people in the community do not have a sewing machine.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
  • All our students need is the Internet, a sewing machine, and a smile!
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • How many celebrity designers use a sewing machine?
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
  • My partner’s mum had a sewing machine and generously showed me the ropes.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • My line went taut, and then the rig danced down the gunnel like a sewing machine needle toward the motor.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 June 2023
  • My mom ended up recreating it herself with her sewing machine.
    — Ty Gaskins, WWD, 24 Sep. 2024
  • In the window sits a horse saddle on an old Swinger sewing machine stand, a nod to her parents.
    — Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
  • Those using the sewing machine need not worry about programming it.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Because Mal & Angus got it from the back of their sister's sewing machine.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Here, a sheepskin sweatband is snipped to size and installed with a vintage Singer sewing machine.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
  • But that was really just my introduction to a sewing machine.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2024
  • My father’s mother had never taken to the sewing machine and instead knitted afghans and scarves.
    — Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
  • This black Singer sewing machine is a special edition model made from heavy-duty metal.
    — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Francis began Gymshark as a teenager in his parent’s garage, armed with a sewing machine and a screen printer.
    — Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Each piece is handmade and sewn on a Singer sewing machine by Roberts in his Brooklyn apartment.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Williams sold a horse to fund Cohn’s first sewing machine, and the tailor made the singer’s stage suits at a price that fit his small costume budget.
    — Amy Bizzarri, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
  • Still, sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is not always visible from behind a classroom sewing machine.
    — Kaio Cesar, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Once this towel is a little too loved, turn it into a pair (or two) of pull-on terry shorts with just a sewing machine and a piece of elastic.
    — Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 26 June 2024
  • Domestic sewing machine sales boomed during Covid and home sewist numbers remain steady.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Think homemade cookies, an unfinished quilt by the sewing machine and homemade dresses.
    — Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • There were packets of medication from a pharmacy that had been on the ground floor, an old sewing machine from an antique shop.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026

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