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Definition of "embroideries" [embroideries]

  • Plural form of embroidery. (noun)

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Use "embroideries" in a sentence
  • "Talia Tokatly gave voice to girls and young women by incorporating in her embroideries the Hebrew words for “vessel” and “voice” as charged words in the discourse on femininity."
  • "It is curious how in English embroideries there has always been a predilection on the part of the designers for interlacing stems, and for the inconsequent introduction of birds and beasts."
  • "But Scotland sends not only specimens of these homely arts (which, however, it must be remembered, are the most permanent as supplying the needs of the many), but exhibits also dainty embroideries from the needles of her daughters in times past and present, for of late years several centers for embroidery-making have sprung up under the encouragement of wise and beneficent ladies."