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Meanings of embroidering in English
Art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn.
Usage of embroidering in English
1
I would've sat embroidering poorly by candlelight, thinking impure thoughts about wenches.
2
Majestic shoulders also dominated the daytime looks along with colorful jewel embroidering.
3
Grace took out of her bag a guest towel she was embroidering.
4
There I saw four and twenty damsels, embroidering satin at a window.
5
He awoke to see someone sitting in a patch of moonlight, embroidering.
6
Mrs. Gregory sat near the group, silently embroidering in white silk.
7
Maria had a school-book in her hand, and Ida was embroidering.
8
Elsie was seated by the stove, embroidering a pair of moccasins.
9
And there I saw four and twenty damsels, embroidering satin at a window.
10
She was fond of fancy-work, and was embroidering a silk gown for herself.
11
Her fingers had left off embroidering brown birds on drab linen.
12
So he went on thinking, and Mrs. Reffold went on embroidering.
13
Thorhild's women laid aside their embroidering for the task of sail-making.
14
Mrs. Holt had dropped the carriage-blanket she was embroidering for her daughter's baby.
15
But speak-to-me-only-with-thine-eyes isn't a really reliable reason for embroidering doilies and hemstitching tablecloths.
16
A cousin of mine -a tedious, embroidering sort of girl.
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Embroidering through the time
Embroidering across language varieties
United Kingdom
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