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Example sentences for: plies

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Otherwise, the operator turns the machine wheel to get the needle in the up position, lowers the presser foot, sews the beginning of the seam, backstitches to lock the seam, grabs the two plies of cloth near where the seam will end, and guides the cloth through the sewing machine.
The light beam did cut through the plies, but it melted the polyester fibers at the sides of the burn and fused the edges of the cloth together.
When plies of cloth are piled high—a foot or more is not unusual—there are often wrinkles in the plies after they are cut.
She accomplishes this magic by stretching the two plies differently.
However spreading is done, it is important for the plies to lie directly on top of each other.