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embroider

[em-broi-der] / ɛmˈbrɔɪ dər /




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She had always been creative, experimenting with watercolors and learning to sew and embroider at a young age.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

The admiration Ms. Footer has for Bradley is obvious, but it sometimes leads her to embroider the little that is known of his inner life.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 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

According to legend, Tyre is the place where purple pigment was first created - the dye crushed out of snail shells to embroider royal robes.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2024

I was able to embroider many other memories, though.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

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

From Barron's Oct. 15, 2025

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

Deep in Verdi’s opera “Don Carlo,” an impassioned solo cello line embroiders a bass aria with a vein of feeling.

From New York Times Nov. 29, 2022

When she has a break from official duties, Margrethe — Europe’s second longest reigning monarch after Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II — paints, sketches, illustrates books, creates church textiles and embroiders.

From Seattle Times Jan. 13, 2022

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

From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard

Much of the stitched masterpiece, which is actually coloured yarn embroidered on linen rather than a woven tapestry, is currently covered up in giant polyester sheeting, to protect it from light damage.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

“As I look forward to seeing the incredible ideas and leaders that will emerge from this institute,” Pelosi said, “I am thinking about the words embroidered in Abraham Lincoln’s overcoat — ‘One Country.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

But, more pertinently, Hegseth’s fear of the phrase “diversity is our strength,” an idiom so blandly inoffensive you can probably find it embroidered on a hand towel at T.J.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2026

Deepak Chopra, who officiated, wore a jacket embroidered with an image of the night sky the day the couple met.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Aru had worn what she thought was her prettiest outfit: a bright blue salwar kameez flecked with tiny star-shaped mirrors and embroidered with thousands of silver threads.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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

My life today consists of watching television, reading, embroidering and drawing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2023

He imagined the old weaver catching sight of the technology for the first time and being so enthralled that he fit it into a flower, like someone embroidering an iPhone inside an anemone.

From New York Times Jun. 22, 2022

People were already embroidering the details and confusing parts, but the heart of the story was still there.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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