needlework

Example Sentences

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Mary Davies, 84, from Downham Market in Norfolk, has dry AMD and can no longer drive or teach macramé - a needlework craft.

From BBC

“The guitar was seen as a symbol of cultivation and sophistication, a sign of domestic achievement, like needlework or writing poetry,” Mr. Scala said.

From New York Times

Does she enjoy music, theater, fantasy sports, needlework, museums, astronomy?

From Washington Post

The consistent payoff in Elliott’s production, staged with a pleasingly intentional informality on the Linney Theatre stage at Pershing Square Signature Center, is the care with which Bradshaw sews his own perceptions into Chekhov’s needlework.

From Washington Post

The secretly educated women driven to needlework when what they want is to plunge a sharp point into a man’s chest.

From Los Angeles Times