Example Sentences

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Rather, she supports "the weavers, the embroiderers, all those who use backstrap looms in our country -- mostly women -- who are a source of national pride," the 63-year-old recently told journalists.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

And there was less substantive coverage by a reporter smitten with the secretary of the French embroiderers union, Georgette Bouillot, who, according to the reporter, led Paris embroiderers on strikes.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2021

Christine Riley, who trained at the Royal School of Needlework, was originally brought in to give advice to the embroiderers, but soon became part of the team.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2021

In an operation worthy of a Cold War spy thriller, Kyungah Ham used Chinese intermediaries to smuggle her textile designs and instructions to North Korean embroiderers, whom she paid to produce the works.

From New York Times • May 5, 2021

STENCIL-MAKERS I had occasion to employ many embroiderers; and here, as in every other branch of Japanese art work, I received a series of “eye-openers.”

From Japan A Record in Colour by Menpes, Dorothy