Embroidered

Examples

• Rosamond's eyes also were roaming over her aunt's large embroidered collar. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• They would look upon it as an embroidered lie of the 'Alroy' species. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The lady had her husband's embroidered tobacco-pouch, and her store of paper in her hand, for the manufacture of the eternal cigarettes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Between these snow-white pillars hung heavy curtains of azure tint, embroidered with bizarre figures in yellow silk. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Take your light gloves and the embroidered handkerchief. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The women span and wove and embroidered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Her baby had been born prematurely, and all the embroidered robes and caps had to be laid by in darkness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The rich silk suited her better than a simpler costume; the deep embroidered scarf became her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Have got a curious little article here to show you (pulling something from his breeches pocket, which proved to be some embroidered, covered buttons). Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Ever and anon she spread her satin dress over an undue portion of the bench, or laid her gloves or her embroidered handkerchief upon it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I will treasure it as my life, he replied in a low, passionate voice, as she fastened the flower in his embroidered jacket. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• This, then, seems likely to be the fairest of States, being like an embroidered robe which is spangled with every sort of flower. Plato. The Republic.

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