embroidering

Example Sentences

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Kit men spent the 24 hours before Argentina faced England embroidering those shirts with numbers and the national crest.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The mother-of-two said she works all day sewing clothes and embroidering but she can't afford baby formula for her youngest.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The changes didn’t just happen, like the snow embroidering the Rockies in winter, or the runoff that swells Colorado’s icy rivers in the spring.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Giving him a back story in “Andor” is embroidering on an embroidery.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Rebeca waited for her love at four in the afternoon, embroidering by the window.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez