hemming
Example Sentences
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Enormous ring hunts depended on hemming in the prey and driving it into an ever-tightening circle, ensuring abundant kills for the king and a memorable spectacle for onlookers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
He has also mocked allies uneasy about the widening conflict, referring to those who "wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force."
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
One of the themes that you pull out is that the amendment process, like mending, like hemming, was seen as a part of a natural, long progression of repair, refinement, alteration.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025
Outside her window, farmland rolls into rocky coastline, hemming a glasslike bay striped with turquoise and populated by showboating dolphins.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
A gray-haired woman sits on a brown chair, perfectly erect, hemming a calico skirt.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
