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• All your odds and ends of embroidery silks will now be useful.2022 August 10, anonymous author, Embroidery and Fancy Work, DigiCat, page 134. From the entry fancy stitch
• Instead, delicately cut out shapes had been sewn onto an undercloth, with fine embroidery worked over them.2012, Alison Goodman, The Necklace of the Gods, page 165. From the entry undercloth
• You know I help women who do the chikan embroidery work?2011, Subhadra Sen Gupta, The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook. From the entry chikan
• A fair woman upon whom the red embroidery of slaughter has settled.1981, Jeffrey Gantz, transl., “The Destruction of Da Derga’s Hostel”, in Early Irish Myths and Sagas, London: Penguin Classics, →ISBN…. From the entry javelined
• Empire matinees in lingerie stuffs with trimmings of lace and embroidery are shown in great variety.1906, Dry Goods Guide, volumes 17-18, page 70. From the entry matinee
• Doffing her daydress, she flung about her a loose gown of white wool, heavy with embroidery.1900, Margaret Horton Potter, “Royal Visitors at Bristol” (chapter XXII), in Uncanonized, Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., page 405. From the entry daydress
• Other crafts include basket weaving, beadworking, brass and bronze working, calabash carving and painting, embroidery, and leather working.2024 October 12, Wikipedia contributors, “Cameroon”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation. From the entry beadworking
• The mojris on his feet had red embroidery.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 45. From the entry mojri
• White embroidery, lace, delicate tuckings, and elaborate ribbings rioted across the white of his short doubtlet, breech, and tight stockings.2006, Karen Harper, The Last Boleyn. From the entry tucking
• Fine embroidery, especially gold threadwork, was of course a specialised skill, done for rich patrons, not the stitchcraft of hovels.1996, Helen M. Jewell, Women in Medieval England, page 35. From the entry stitchcraft
• He stood up and pulled on a dayrobe that glinted with silver-threaded embroidery around the hem and neckband.1987 January, Catherine Cooke, chapter 14, in Veil of Shadow, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 187. From the entry dayrobe
• Türkmen embroidery is individual and peculiarly vigorous.1976, Mügül Andrews, Peter Andrews, “Foreword”, in Türkmen Needlework: Dressmaking and Embroidery Among the Türkmen of Iran, Central Asian…. From the entry Türkmen
• There were four-posters draped with curtains to pull and bedspreads to match, much beautiful hand-sewing and embroidery going to their manufacture.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 214. From the entry headpiece
• Amongst the rich this part of a hawk's furniture is ornamented with embroidery, handsome silver aigrettes, tassels and other decorations.1934, George Cameron Stone, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor, →ISBN. From the entry furniture
• Of fine cheviot serge in blue, trimmed with brass button and emblems in embroidery work on the sleeve.1931 April 1, Canadian Department Stores, “Cheviot Serge Coats”, in The Ontario Intelligencer, Belleville, Ont.: W[illiam] H[erbert]…. From the entry nauticalness
• The collar is a separate article, and is of rich embroidery to match that on the bottom of the tunica.1924, Herbert Norris, Costume & Fashion, London; Toronto, Ont.: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.; New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton and Co., page 180. From the entry tunica
• From bargello to beadwork, crewelwork, crochet, cross-stitch, embroidery, knitting, needlepoint, tatting and weaving, Dorothy has designed, stitched, edited and taught it all.2012 July 18, Dorothy T. Ratigan, Judith Durant, Knitting Know-How: Techniques, Lessons and Projects for Every Knitter's Library, Penguin…. From the entry fiber arts
• Minna might be sitting in her plaid dress on the window-seat with her embroidery, her smooth hair polished with bay-rum, humming Solveig's song.1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs, Broadview, published 2014, page 177. From the entry bay rum
• Party of six argent and sable, on a fesse gules, between three lions of England, two broches (or embroidery needles) saltirewise between as many trundles or.2023 May 1, W. Sedgwick Saunders, A Catalogue of Engraved Portraits, Topographical Drawings and Prints, Coins, Gems, Autographs…. From the entry trundle
• Whilst Toteme’s shirt features embroidery of the brand’s signature monogram logo, it’s subtle enough to look like an Art Deco pattern as opposed to anything remotely logomania.2023 January 31, Peter Bevan, “Best work clothes for women: What to wear to the office”, in Evening Standard. From the entry logomania
• The annual production of miles of cotton, woolen, and synthetic textiles led to a corresponding explosion in needletrades such as embroidery, garment making, and assorted apparel.2013, Robert E. Weir, Workers in America: A Historical Encyclopedia, page 19. From the entry needletrade
• The artists who belonged to the Mir iskusstva (World of Art) group, sought new motifs in folk wood carvings, embroidery, icons, antique carpets, and figured treacle cakes (pryaniks).1987, Ruth Apter-Gabriel, editor, Tradition and Revolution: The Jewish Renaissance in Russian Avant-garde Art, 1912-1928, Israel Museum…. From the entry pryanik
• A big man wearing an agbada with gold thread embroidery at the neck and sleeves came up to him holding a glass of champagne between his thumb and forefinger.1974, Oliver Jackman, Saw the House in Half, Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry agbada
• Changsha is important in the processing of nonferrous metals, including antimony, lead and silver, and has long been noted for its handicrafts including embroidery and porcelain.1962, E. Willard Miller, A Geography of Manufacturing, Prentice-Hall, Inc., page 245. From the entry Siangtan
• The subtle pattern of blues and golds in the embroidery of her dress was so amazing that I used it to design a new evening dress for my haute couture.2003, Valentino, ‘Is there a future in fashion's past?’, Time, 5 Feb 2003. From the entry pattern

Meaning of embroidery

1. noun The art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.
2. noun The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
3. noun A piece of embroidered fabric.

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Questions about embroidery in a sentence

How do you use embroidery in a sentence?

Embroidery is used as a noun. For example: “All your odds and ends of embroidery silks will now be useful.”

What is a short sentence with embroidery?

“Türkmen embroidery is individual and peculiarly vigorous.”

What does embroidery mean?

Embroidery means the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.