- present participle of mend.
mending
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"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
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
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
Hill’s turnaround moves since then have included mending relationships with retailers such as Foot Locker and specialty running stores after Nike’s fizzled attempt to focus more on its own e-commerce sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
She wanted to believe that mending what was broken could be done quickly if you wanted it badly enough.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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The tire was already somewhat of a patched affair, bearing evidences of former punctures and mendings.
From The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill by Smith, Ruel Perley
Evidently the system of upkeep in vogue was the system employed in the case of Trishkin's coat—the system of cutting up the cuffs and the collar into mendings for the elbows.
From Dead Souls by Hogarth, D. J.
They had worn through the various mendings the pocket had sustained and sought their liberty in the sands of Carolina.
From John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court by Corwin, Edward Samuel
Rhyme, now: he had called it often enough a jingle of endings; it were more true to say that it was a jingle of mendings, for it certainly soothed him.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Had she not clothes enough to last her with patient mendings and persistent remakings for two years?
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. by Various