embroider
verb (used with object)
to decorate with ornamental needlework.
am embroidering
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present progressiveof embroider (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am embroidering a dishabille with flowers in lace-stitch, and I have to get up very early in the morning and work even by candle-light in order to be ready in season.
From The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel by Kasimir Dziekonska (translator)
I am embroidering a center-piece which is to be sold for at least twice its value—for I can't embroider worth a cent—at the fair.”
From An Alabaster Box by Stockton Mulford
I am embroidering on canvas a huntsman carrying a gun, and holding his hound by a leash.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
I am embroidering a morning dress, which will be charming; I even steal some hours from my sleep that I may the sooner finish it.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Blushing deeply, she said— 14 “I am embroidering a pocket-handkerchief, Uncle.”
From Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him by Daniel Wise
