embroider
verb (used with object)
to decorate with ornamental needlework.
is embroidering
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present progressiveof embroider (3rd 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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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
Mary is embroidering a straw-colored muslin, with shaded silks mingled with gold thread, and Sophia is making a lovely toilet cover.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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 Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
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 Charles Robinson
