The designer's brief called for a sleazy gambler in a slovenly coat. (sleazy: seedy, sordid, disreputable; slovenly: sloppy, unkempt, untidy) He took the loose seam as proof of the character's sordid life. (sordid: disreputable, seamy, sleazy) The supervisor offered another reading: an overworked father whose child had tried to mend the pocket. A worn coat could not prove either account.
The designer considered her a philistine for invoking a needle in an argument about art. (philistine: anti-intellectual, lowbrow) She found it inconsiderate to insult the woman who would have to realize his every whim. (inconsiderate: thoughtless, discourteous, insensitive; whim: impulse, caprice, fancy) Still, she handed him her best pair of scissors and a scrap of cloth.
His first cut was crooked. Her first suggestion was kind. An hour of sewing did more to solidify their working arrangement than a season of arguments about style. (solidify: strengthen, consolidate, secure) The finished coat looked wonderfully worn, and the pocket held together.