- present participle of mend.
mending
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A mending broken ankle made the four-hour wait a bit arduous, but worthwhile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
After Hasina's fall, Dhaka wasted little time in mending fences with Islamabad.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
But inviting us to sit down with a show about mental health professionals mending their spirits is group therapy on a massive scale in a time of diagnosable disorder.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
It’s a way they have of mending you, fixing what they think needs repair.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
For what are coarse material mendings to the æsthetic soul yearning after the infinite, and worshipping at the feet of the prophet?
From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Lucia Gilbert Calhoun
Pleading imperative feminine mendings, she stayed at home this afternoon.
From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet
Fence and equipment mendings, cutting ice from ponds and rivers, chopping wood, and grubbing up trees all had a part in his busy life.
From Frying Pan Farm by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
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
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
