is embroidering
- present progressive of embroider (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Giving him a back story in “Andor” is embroidering on an embroidery.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
Another, with bracing can-do spirit, is embroidering on to loo roll.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020
Sometimes, sitting beside Berta, he amuses himself winding the linen floss or the silks with which she is embroidering, or in cutting fantastic figures out of any scrap of paper that may be at hand.
From Stories by Foreign Authors: Spanish by Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de
"A young fellow of talent," he added, "for whom the future is embroidering his Academician's coat."
From Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Murger, Henry
She is embroidering passion-flowers on a satin gown for the loveliest of the Queen’s maids-of-honour to wear at the next Court-ball.
From The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Wilde, Oscar
