embroider
verb (used with object)
to decorate with ornamental needlework.
was embroidering
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past progressiveof embroider.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Consciously or otherwise, Baudrillard was embroidering atop the things that Maher and Stockhausen had already said: We understood that the terrorists had done something daring and spectacular that had changed our relationship to reality.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2021
One afternoon when Amaranta was embroidering on the porch with the begonias Úrsula bumped into her.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One of the women was embroidering a wedding sari, coiling gold thread along its borders and fastening it with the tiniest stitches imaginable.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
"Don't, Sydelle," Angela said softly, her eyes set on the D she was embroidering.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
She was embroidering a border of lotus flowers, a proper border for a wedding sari, because the lotus pod’s many seeds are scattered to the wind, suggesting wealth and plenty.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
