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
The 4,300-square-foot space, outfitted with gaming chairs that are embroidered with Western's Warrior mascot, houses several gaming monitors and PC's under bright overhead lights.
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Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
Mark & Graham Canvas and Leather Weekender Bag This classic weekender bag can be laser-engraved or embroidered with your giftee’s initials in your choice of 18 different styles.
—Esther Carlstone, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
Tickets were priced from £10 to £25 and evening dress was obligatory (for Elton this meant blue track trousers and a red jacket embroidered with white piano keys).
—Mick Brown, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
Ellen’s most prominent evening dress is indigo with lilacs embroidered and beaded on the front and on the sleeves.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024
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Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
Mark & Graham Canvas and Leather Weekender Bag This classic weekender bag can be laser-engraved or embroidered with your giftee’s initials in your choice of 18 different styles.
—Esther Carlstone, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
Tickets were priced from £10 to £25 and evening dress was obligatory (for Elton this meant blue track trousers and a red jacket embroidered with white piano keys).
—Mick Brown, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
Ellen’s most prominent evening dress is indigo with lilacs embroidered and beaded on the front and on the sleeves.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024
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Or if not a mirage, then results exaggerated by expectations so low that anything good would've looked great.Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2024
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As is often the case, A.I. isn’t so much changing the game as exaggerating a dynamic already at work: good translation draws on as much of life and experience and personality as good writing does.Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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Following Thursday’s game in Minnesota, the Knicks will enter a stretch that offers a prime opportunity to pad their win total.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Those highly winnable games help pad their records for the CFP Selection Committee.Alex Sherman, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
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Some follow a format while others color outside the lines; some are live takes while others come from the studio; some sound like products of their eras while others go for something timeless.Justin Curto, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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By the 1940s, Mr. Adams was marketing red food coloring to the masses with recipe cards for a Red Velvet Cake that his wife Betty developed.Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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The black cap-sleeve dress, embellished with black beaded florals and fringe, offered a gothic riff on Audrey Hepburn’s My Fair Lady dress—a very appropriate mixture of fashion and film.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
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Its bralettes, cheeky shorts, camis, and slip dresses are embellished with ruffles, lace, ties, and polka dots and come in pastel and neutral skin tones that feel natural and soft.Malia Griggs, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Embroider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroider. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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