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as in needlework
decorative stitching done on cloth with the use of a needle she's been able to turn her skill at embroidery into a second business selling decorative items

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Recent Examples of embroidery With embroidery on the back of a big pot leaf, a yellow brick road leading to your high school, skulls, needles. Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025 Sequin beads and delicate embroidery are some of the most common adornments–though feathers and fil-coupe are thrown in the mix from time to time, as well. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2025 Langley customized the suit with beads and embroidery in the style of her grandmother's handwriting. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025 Zoë Kravitz appeared at the Caught Stealing photocall in London wearing a pale yellow dress with delicate embroidery and ruffled short sleeves. Catherine Santino, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for embroidery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embroidery
Noun
  • The history of needlework and women from prehistoric times onward is embedded in the scraps and pieces of fabric that have been preserved.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
  • In Pakistan particularly, and South Asia as a whole, scores of craftswomen are engaged in age-old hand embroidery and needlework techniques which have kept a number of ancient crafts alive.
    Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • Despite the mess in her apartment, the man, like everyone else in her life, brushes off her fears as the exaggerations of an overactive imagination.
    Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Any kind of strong reaction after Week 1 is an exaggeration.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The director was careful to avoid creating caricatures of religious figures.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The same red flannel was often featured in caricatures of Mammy.
    Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Benefitting from an on-trend, mustard-yellow coloring, the object is luxe without taking itself too seriously.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Its coloring fades from lighter orange on its head to darker brown on its tail tip.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To prevent this, Brown recommended adding in some sort of other exercise, such as strength training, stretching, and walking, to your weekly routine.
    Cathy Cassata, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In that case, stretching isn’t going to be your solution.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Soldier feedback from the event is shaping ongoing enhancements to ensure warfighter readiness and operational relevance in dynamic threat environments, according to a press release.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Prosecutors said the criminal complaint includes a charging enhancement for the use of a gun.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Aster is obsessed with people’s unchecked power to shame others online, whether with the truth or with unfair fabrications.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a lot of variety in fabrications such as chiffon, taffeta, linen, satin face organza and more.
    Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Embroidery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroidery. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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