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embroider

[em-broi-der] / ɛmˈbrɔɪ dər /




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There’s an area where she can paint, sculpt, do jigsaw puzzles, Lego sets, embroider — all the things that ease her anxiety but also help her work through creative blocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

When those employees left, they had to learn how to screen-print and embroider themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Season 2 feels like much more of an ensemble affair as showrunner Tony Gilroy expands the show’s focus beyond one character’s moral development to more thoroughly embroider others that are just as worthwhile.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2025

"Our embroidery masters taped their phones to lamps and used the torch light to embroider with a thread and needle," he says.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2023

Over the next few years, Huang Taitai instructed the other servants to teach me how to sew sharp corners on pillowcases and to embroider my future family’s name.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

At the same workshop, Getu Derza, 48, carefully embroiders colourful silk threads into intricate patterns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025

Erick Medel embroiders denim with an industrial sewing machine, making works that touch on everyday life in Los Angeles, particularly those living and working in Boyle Heights and the city’s Eastside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

Los Angeles artist Diane Meyer embroiders family photos like distorted pixelations to ask questions about memory.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

The supplier embroiders school logos in-house on a range of products including jumpers, sweatshirts, polo shirts and school bags.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023

Gisa embroiders at the table, making something beautiful and exquisite and entirely beyond my comprehension.

From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard

I embroidered on another cushion the words the pope sent to King Charles the Third for his coronation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

We were dressed in our rancho libertarian best: jeans, embroidered leather belts, pearl snap shirts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

For just one week it gave away free baseball hats with the word "thinking" embroidered on the front.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The insider further revealed that the lovers spent 20 minutes exchanging their handwritten vows, and that they handed out custom handkerchiefs, embroidered with a “TT” and lyrics from Swift’s 2014 song “Blank Space.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

Trey wasn’t super dressed up—he sported a nice pair of jeans and a crimson-red button-up with an OU embroidered on the pocket.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Artisans at the London fashion house Safiyaa spent 150 hours embroidering Anderson’s bespoke silk reception outfit.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Kit men spent the 24 hours before Argentina faced England embroidering those shirts with numbers and the national crest.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

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

An A-line grey wool collarless coat had pink peonies of varying sizes splashed over it, while a shorter white wool cape was adorned with similar detailed pink and yellow peony embroidering.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

Snatches of their conversation fluttered to me as they discussed Barbee's talk with enthusiasm, recalled the times of the Founder, their quavering voices weaving and embroidering his story.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison


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