How to Use embroidery in a Sentence

embroidery

noun
  • His stories about his travels include a good deal of embroidery.
  • She learned embroidery from her grandmother.
  • The embroidery in the veils is done by hand.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The beach-ready tote gets a raw edge with rope and embroidery.
    — WSJ, 5 June 2020
  • There was also more to the embroidery than met the eye.
    — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Ply There are six plies of thread in one strand of embroidery floss.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The bald guy brings me a prayer book and a white yarmulke with golden embroidery.
    — Etgar Keret, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
  • On the third floor of the church, nine women took part in an embroidery class.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 22 May 2021
  • Make your own pom-poms with string, then hot-glue them to an embroidery hoop to form the base.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The embroidery on the hats and shirts is thick, precise, and built to last.
    — Adario Strange, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Inside are three torahs, sheathed in white silk with gold embroidery.
    — Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
  • Cross stitch, needlepoint, embroidery and a quilt will be part of the show.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Plus, the bottom of the dress is trimmed with embroidery as well as a slit in the front.
    — Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2022
  • Go for a flirty dress with major embroidery – and a bag to match.
    — Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 27 July 2018
  • The dress featured embroidery and a fringed trim along the bottom of the skirt.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • To finish the project, clip the embroidery floss and pull the cut end through the front side of the project.
    — Amber Wagner, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Opt for a two piece in a funky, graphic pattern or a corset dress with embroidery.
    — Danielle Fox, Seventeen, 11 July 2018
  • What’s the best embroidery machine to buy?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
  • As the gown’s skirt filled out, the embroidery faded onto the tulle ball skirt.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • These punch needle embroidery hoops are a great gift if Mom needs to dress up her walls.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Sheer insets sliced through the bodice, while floral embroidery traced the hem.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The first was a sheer mesh dress with a floral embroidery lined with tiny colorful beads.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The towels have my initials and the pillows bear embroidery of my cats.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Iqbal calls embroidery a slow craft, one that requires a lot of time to develop a skill set.
    — Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • On the dress, the embroidery is placed on the silk organza neckline and arms.
    — Paulina Jayne Isaac, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Think a better fit, more duvet loops, and a new embroidery detail for a more luxe look.
    — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Her mother had done the embroidery on the hearts and leaves Bride pattern.
    — Sandra Hope, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2021
  • When dealing with a topic such as this, the less embroidery the better.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The bumps and ridges formed by the embroidery are like a relief map of a battered woman’s soul.
    — Diane Bernard, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022
  • The Queen was wearing a navy blue coat dress with maroon embroidery.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026

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