appliqué

Example Sentences

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Gallina, 75, was clad in a floor-length dark green striped appliqué jacket and clutching a paper ticket when she declared the Olympics to be a nuisance that has “nothing to do with Milan’s essence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Therefore, you’ll discover suits with appliqué dot patches and frayed edges as well as dog-tag necklaces and sophisticated wire broaches on mini Scottish kilt pins.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. sat with first lady Jill Biden, who had an embroidered appliqué of a sunflower, the country’s national flower, added to her blue dress.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2022

On songs like these, Bieber is able to prance lightly, his voice a glittery appliqué.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2020

Of patchwork or appliqué, as known to the Egyptians and Hebrews, the Greeks and Romans have left us no trace.

From Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them by Webster, Marie D. (Marie Daugherty)