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

With the Canada-US trade relationship increasingly unpredictable, Canada is seeking to bolster ties elsewhere, in some cases mending strained ties.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

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

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

Obsessed with mending his relationship with his daughters, Clooney's character drags his manager, played by Adam Sandler, and press agent, played by Laura Dern, on a trip to Europe.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

He’d been mending the shingled roof of their little house when the ladder had slipped sideways.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham