embroider
verb (used with object)
to decorate with ornamental needlework.
had embroidered
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past perfectof embroider.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Decorated across one of the scarves, which Alavi said she would like to wear, she had embroidered purple butterflies taking flight.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Is that really a thing that she had embroidered on a cushion?
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2023
They led her back to the bedroom, where at first Susan saw the Lilly Pulitzer comforter Toria had bought with her pay from Jimmy John’s and the pillows she had embroidered with her initials.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2019
The immigrants took with them the rich culture that had embroidered their otherwise stark lives: bagpipe and fiddle music, step dance and song.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2016
She spent her days embroidering infants’ dresses, knitting woolen booties, decorating little baskets, arranging the stacks of tiny blouses, bibs, and diapers, and ironing the sheets she had embroidered.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
