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color, elaborate (on), embellish, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, pad, stretch
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Not to be outdone by their New England rivals, the Yankees opted to give the couple an infant-sized jersey embroidered with Archie's name and the number 19 for his birth year. — Scottie Andrew And Nadeem Muaddi, CNN, "Harry and Meghan greeted Yankees and Red Sox players ahead of their London series," 29 June 2019 On confidence Just like the rest of us, Lopez's Bel-Air home is full of affirmations embroidered onto pillows and emblazoned on wall hangings, trays and ceramics. — Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY, "50 and fabulous! Jennifer Lopez's best quotes on love, confidence and fitness," 24 July 2019 At her royal wedding, Lady Gabriella wore a stunning white gown which was intricately embroidered and featured a long train. — Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, "Lady Gabriella Windsor Looks Sublime in a Luisa Beccaria Dress at Her Royal Wedding," 18 May 2019 What to make of Lucrécia, what to make of his wife who was embroidering in the sanatorium and would ask for red thread and lift her head hopefully when her husband arrived. — Benjamin Moser, Harper's magazine, "The Indirect World," 10 Apr. 2019 The women wear scarves—some handwoven, some embroidered, and some decorated with silver balls and other trinkets. — National Geographic, "In search of the perfect cup of tea," 14 Mar. 2019 People reports that each panel of her dress was embroidered with 50,400 crystal eclats and 50,400 white beads. — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, "Every Single Detail We Know About Sophie Turner's Custom Louis Vuitton Wedding Dress," 6 July 2019 Even more appealing is knowing that all of the clothing in the film was embroidered by hand and some was hand-painted as well. — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, "Why Midsommar Will Make You Want to Dress Like You’re In a Swedish Cult This Summer," 3 July 2019 Envision Tees, which prints and embroiders T-shirts, has always kept its customer service job postings simple, in part to attract candidates in a hot market dominated by larger firms that offer higher pay and more benefits, says CEO Tom Rauen. — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, "Talent dogfight: Rock stars, heroes and broken promises as job openings near record," 1 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'embroider.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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