mending

Example Sentences

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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

But the Mandelson mess makes mending what's been done that much harder.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Then there was Mend Piece: “While you mend | think of mending the world.”

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

I learned stitches sitting in our apartment on Elizabeth Street, helping Mam when she took in extra work darning and mending and the occasional full dress from a bolt of cloth.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline