embroider
verb (used with object)
to decorate with ornamental needlework.
has embroidered
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present perfectof embroider (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She’s sewn handmade stuffed animals like flying squirrels and teddy bears and has embroidered silk baby blankets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2020
In holding you here, between the city and the peaks, Geuze delays the big reveal, focussing attention on the curtain, on the way that the landscape architecture has embroidered the ground beneath your feet.
From The New Yorker ● May 16, 2016
Remarkably, he has embroidered the facts without losing a sense of veracity.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2010
He has embroidered on the historical facts a story which of itself is deeply interesting.
From Blackie & Sons Catalogue - 1886 Books for Young People by Various
At her request he carries to the King of England a piece of linen, on which she has embroidered the story of her adventures.
From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gordon Hall Gerould
