Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for "mending"
  • present participle of mend.
Definitions

mending

[men-ding] / ˈmɛn dɪŋ /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Harry has talked in the past about mending fences with his father and how he wants his two children, 7-year-old Archie and 5-year-old Lilibet, to know Britain better.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The court previously heard Dyson had been living in his car outside Wright's cottage on Sheffield Road in Hoyland, often helping him with various jobs like cutting hedges, mending tractors and driving him to appointments.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

There’s a tension in his art, between fracture and mending, destruction and creation, that holds out a promise of rebirth and lends humble forms outsize power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

"You don't get many people mending raw cashmere," said Wade, whose role is to meticulously inspect and darn any defects in the fabric by hand, before it is washed, cut and shipped around the world.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

“You should tell Ilana you think she does a good job mending your clothes.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Their pieces of clothing appear like new mendings on old rags, or like a substantial shawl thrown over scanty vestments.

From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier

The awful strain on the old rotten harness when Cherub pulled and the vehicle was held up, caused the frayed rope mendings to part and the eager horse hurried forward, leaving his unwelcome drag behind.

From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

The tire was already somewhat of a patched affair, bearing evidences of former punctures and mendings.

From The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill by Ruel Perley Smith

His little mendings and fallings back ceased to be the chief things in the house.

From Sir Tom by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

On the last three days of his stay he did me the honor to leave his coat out, declaring that my mendings had made it presentable before an emperor.

From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Laurence Housman




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training