needlework

Example Sentences

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Aside from two small needleworks on the wall, the room is sparse, with a dresser, a wooden chair and a portable coat rack where guests can hang their clothes.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2022

This was her skill in almost all sorts of fine needleworks; of which, however, I shall say the less, since possibly you will find it mentioned in some of the letters.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 by Richardson, Samuel

And in this he lost all, and I had the pious duty to support him by my needleworks.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Y' see, me sister's away to-night—she does needleworks for swell folks an' stops with 'em sometimes—so if you'll only let me beat it, I can skin back an' she'll never know!

From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Farnol, Jeffery