embroidering

Example Sentences

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The mother-of-two said she works all day sewing clothes and embroidering but she can't afford baby formula for her youngest.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The changes didn’t just happen, like the snow embroidering the Rockies in winter, or the runoff that swells Colorado’s icy rivers in the spring.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Giving him a back story in “Andor” is embroidering on an embroidery.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Though Russians have been embroidering for centuries, cross-stitch patterns were not originally created there.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2022

Yet Maa had finished embroidering the wedding sari, Baap had written a letter of acceptance to the bridegroom’s family, and my brothers began to treat me with respect, so I didn’t run away.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan