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Meanings of mending in English
Usage of mending in English
1
The urgent order of business, however, was mending my fences with Alicia.
2
If leaking drains are to blame, mending them should solve the problem.
3
He had the toy in his lap in a moment, mending it.
4
Fabiola wasn't ready to try mending her relationship with her twin either.
5
Ozma wore few holes in her stockings; still, they sometimes needed mending.
6
The clerk was mending his pen in the air, overcome with amazement.
7
A shoemaker would be set to mending and working in the shoe-shop.
8
Here we see brown mothers sitting in the sun mending fish nets.
9
The following evening Mrs Bunch was occupying herself in mending his nightgown.
10
But he had not an article in the world that needed mending.
11
Her patient is mending, and none besides in the house is sick.
12
Dec. 8.-Theaccounts began mending considerably, and hope broke in upon all.
13
This was a loss that would be too long in the mending.
14
His heavy army boots were in need both of brushing and mending.
15
But Wendot was mending now; there was no doubt of ultimate recovery.
16
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About this term
Frequent collocations
Mending through the time
Mending across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common