The change involved a great deal of work. "Boarders" signified a large house, many beds, and an indefinite number of people. Such piles of sewing accumulated before us! A sewing-bee, volunteered by the neighbors, reduced the quantity a little, and our child- fingers had to take their part. But the seams of those sheets did look to me as if they were miles long!英文原著 · 《A New England Girlhood》
Another modern play, THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE, strikes a vital key in our social life. The hero of Mr. Kennedy's masterpiece is Robert, a coarse, filthy drunkard, whom respectable society has repudiated. Robert, the sewer cleaner, is the real hero of the play; nay, its true and only savior. It is he who volunteers to go down into the dangerous sewer, so that his comrades "can 'ave light and air." After all, has he not sacrificed his life always, so that others may have light and air?英文原著 · 《Anarchism and Other Essays》
Madame Ratignolle was very fond of Mrs. Pontellier, and often she took her sewing and went over to sit with her in the afternoons. She was sitting there the afternoon of the day the box arrived from New Orleans. She had possession of the rocker, and she was busily engaged in sewing upon a diminutive pair of night-drawers.英文原著 · 《Awakening & Selected Short Stories》
Seward. The policemen of the country had come to have an absolute trust in him, and the underlings of the public offices were beginning to think that he might be a great man. But then, as is ever the case with such men, there came suddenly a downfall. Cameron went from the cabinet, and everybody knew that Mr. Seward would be no longer commander of the commander-in-chief. His prime ministership was gone from him, and he sank down into the comparatively humble position of Minister for Foreign Affairs. His lettres de cachet no longer ran. His passport system was repealed.英文原著 · 《North America-2》
It was followed, however, by a keen pang. Jael Dence sat beside him, sewing; and Grace saw, in a moment, she was sewing complacently. It was more than Grace could bear. She pulled the check-string, and the carriage stopped.英文原著 · 《Put Yourself in His Place》
"Is there any sewing I can do for her?" Rebecca asked finally in a desperate way. "If I can get her sewing along some--"英文原著 · 《Stories Of The Supernatural》
Lynette makes me sew my own buttons. i'll sew anything you want if you just stop getting me pregnant.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
This is where he cuts us in half and sews my top to your bottom.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
You know, I used to be engaged to a man who lived in the sewers.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》