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appliqué

[ap-li-key] / ˌæp lɪˈkeɪ /






applique


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But “The Listeners” holds together perfectly well without the Jungian appliqué.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

“Nevertheless, the black appliqué still draws attention and makes her stand apart from everybody else.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2022

The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. sat with first lady Jill Biden, who had an embroidered appliqué of a sunflower, the country’s national flower, added to her blue dress.

From Seattle Times Mar. 1, 2022

His aesthetic defined Indian-fusion style for Westerners in the late aughts, with a riotous palette and Indian craft methods like embroidery and appliqué.

From New York Times Nov. 16, 2020

Of patchwork or appliqué, as known to the Egyptians and Hebrews, the Greeks and Romans have left us no trace.

From Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them by Marie D. (Marie Daugherty) Webster

Artist Ken Gun Min uses a tiny needle to applique his canvases, which he treats with gesso and Japanese bookbinding glue.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2023

The quilt features a number of needlecraft techniques including knitting, sewing, embroidery and applique.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2023

She wore an embroidered applique of a sunflower, Ukraine's national flower, on her dress sleeve in a sign of support for the country's people, the White House said.

From Reuters Mar. 2, 2022

She incorporates cut-paper collage and applique textiles to represent such things as flowers and clothing.

From Washington Post Feb. 11, 2022

The blouse was decorated at chest-level with a calico applique in the shape of a strawberry.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

The oddly placed shooting star on the bottom right is actually part of an appliquéd textile Münter made.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

The $8,000 of personal savings she invested in making batches of appliquéd jackets to sell was a gamble, one she considered safe because it didn’t involve digging into her investment accounts.

From New York Times Nov. 13, 2021

Before he launched his clothing line, Ruby was known for his “soft sculptures”—huge Dr. Seuss-ish stuffed creatures, quilted and appliquéd and sewn from fabrics designed by the artist.

From The New Yorker Sep. 2, 2019

He commissioned T-shirts and accessories printed and appliquéd with cartoon characters and with slogans, also a novelty.

From The Guardian Dec. 18, 2012

She is by far the most attractive member of the family, yet she spends most of her time and money disguising herself beneath prosthetic humps and appliquéd skin diseases.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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