Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filigreeing
Verb
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Has Alec been embroidering the truth?—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2025 -
Hawley and a team of craftspeople worked across the globe embroidering, aging and tinting the costumes for the film.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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The dads are seen brushing, braiding and attempting other styles on their daughters, who happily perch in the salon chairs in front of them.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Nov. 2025
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But the placement of rocks allow sediment buildup and produce varied flow patterns — much like grooves in braiding streams — to set up stiller pockets where wildlife can thrive.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
17 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Such rotting fruit from the forest floor contained higher concentrations of fermenting yeast and alcohol than the fruits hanging from trees.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Even as students work longer hours to avoid borrowing, loans accumulate like a cloud hanging overhead.—
Liam McCusker,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Continue roasting, figuring about 15 minutes per pound.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
19 Dec. 2025
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As soon as he's been figuring everything out, he's been texting the QB room.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Extra-low dispersion glass eliminates color fringing from chromatic aberration and fully multi-coated optics boost brightness and contrast.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
25 Nov. 2025
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As the sun has grown subtly brighter over this span, if this supercontinent struggled with high carbon dioxide levels like its Pangaean forebear did, then this would be an inimically hot world to animals, except for lone refuges fringing its polar far reaches.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Lately, home decorators are painting walls, trim, and ceilings in one bold hue.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Jan. 2026
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The first segment of the book is devoted to Lucie and to painting a realistic portrait of an adventurous — if messy and impulsive — young woman.—
Rebecca Hannigan,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In one incident, video obtained by FOX News shows two masked men holding handguns chasing a screaming resident around his house.—
Landon Mion , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Fátima Bosch grew up in Santiago de Teapa, Tabasco, and has been chasing her pageant dreams for years.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Filigreeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filigreeing. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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