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
But by embroidering the drama of an American navigating Paris Fashion Week with stories of other women caught in the whirl, Winocour dilutes them all.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Cushions are embroidered with flowers by Cape Town studio Casamento.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
The custom floor-length Atelier Versace gown was made navy crepe de chine, and featured a damier motif that was embroidered with black silk thread.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2025
The purse, embroidered with New York City's Twin Towers, was found by shopper Sophia Benoit, who shared it in a video with more than 700,000 views under @snailmonsterr on TikTok.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Cushions are embroidered with flowers by Cape Town studio Casamento.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
The custom floor-length Atelier Versace gown was made navy crepe de chine, and featured a damier motif that was embroidered with black silk thread.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2025
The purse, embroidered with New York City's Twin Towers, was found by shopper Sophia Benoit, who shared it in a video with more than 700,000 views under @snailmonsterr on TikTok.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embroider
Verb
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But the tastefulness of Kogonada’s realization keeps the brazen absurdities of plot masked in sleek understatement rather than gleefully exaggerating them.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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Blaney isn’t exaggerating — IndyCars are expected to lap Phoenix nearly six seconds faster than their stock-car cousins.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Ramirez padded the lead in the eighth with his 21st homer, a two-run shot to left, and Joey Wiemer had an RBI single in the ninth.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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Stock market crashes create opportunities to pad your share count at lower per-share prices.—
Catherine Brock,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Their stems and new growth are wine-colored and do present a fresh and cheery look.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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The concerns colored their respective candidacies to the point that key races were lost.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The statement-making backless dress was embellished with elaborate beadwork and a decorative clasp at her upper back, while also revealing her backside.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Transmutation—bridging the known to the unknown, the remembered to the imagined, the truth to the embellished—is a writer’s privilege, a writer’s realm.—
Beth Kephart
September 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Embroider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroider. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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