Every Good Friday my grandmother would make fig-sew, a warming dish of ale boiled with wheaten bread and figs.

Sew buttons, that's the end of it.

Whenever the collar frays, she re-sews it before wearing the shirt.

After the storm, she re-sewed the torn sails to make the boat seaworthy.

He glued his new sew-ups onto the rims before the race.

I had to re-sew the seam after the first attempt came apart.

You're quitting your job to become a professional juggler? Sew buttons on your underwear.