hemming
Example Sentences
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So I started in on the pile—taking in a dress and hemming a tablecloth—until I realized that half of the projects I didn’t want anymore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
She was so thrilled by my interest that she would have handed over anything that fit, and I stayed up late hemming the dress by hand.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 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
As the door was slowly battered down, to control the trembling of her hands, Ammu would hem the ends of Rahel’s ribbons that didn’t need hemming.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
