as in to exaggerate
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
Dad likes to embroider his fishing stories
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Recent Examples of embroider
So their costumes, with emblems embroidered on the chest, express their rank and there’s so much symbolism going on.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 1 Mar. 2025
Grande’s ruby-red performance gown, meanwhile, was a bustier ball gown embroidered with over 150,000 beads, sequins, and Swarovski crystals, and finished with a flowing tulle train.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
Give me all the cloaks embroidered with golden threads, the neat-o Cardinal’s beanies, the soft suede of those little red slippers!
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 Mar. 2025
During those visits, Zelensky wore a simple sweatshirt—also embroidered with the trident.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 1 Mar. 2025
Grande’s ruby-red performance gown, meanwhile, was a bustier ball gown embroidered with over 150,000 beads, sequins, and Swarovski crystals, and finished with a flowing tulle train.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
Give me all the cloaks embroidered with golden threads, the neat-o Cardinal’s beanies, the soft suede of those little red slippers!
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 Mar. 2025
During those visits, Zelensky wore a simple sweatshirt—also embroidered with the trident.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embroider
Verb
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Her depiction of her role at Facebook may or may not be exaggerated.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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If Reilly is right, Trump wouldn’t be the first world leader to exaggerate his accomplishments on the links.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Here's how the technology works… Utilized to pad the inside of the sockets on third-party artificial arms or legs, Roliner is composed mainly of soft silicone rubber with small air channels running through it.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
19 Mar. 2025
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But these moments give the actors a chance to explore their characters’ internal lives and pad out their relationships so all the drama of this drug deal gone wrong has personal weight.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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To create the print, tiny holes were punched into a thin metal plate, leaving a highly detailed and stylized black-and-white ink image that was later colored by hand.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Mar. 2025
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The governor’s remarks are coloring the debate in Tallahassee as state lawmakers consider removing all limitations on how late and how much 16- and 17-year-olds can work and ending those teenage workers’ guarantee of a meal break.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2025
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Walls covered in De Gournay’s Slub Silk dyed Duck Egg blue and embellished with Japanese designs by Roberts painted by Roberto Mora.—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
20 Mar. 2025
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Costume designer Shirley Kurata has clearly lost the thread, putting Malkovich in Nehru jackets embellished with sprays of crystals, a sarong, gloves with rings on top and platform shoes.—
Mark Kennedy,
Boston Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Embroider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroider. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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