Noun : Grandmother always kept her mending in this wicker basket. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy. ,to mend matters. From Dictionary.com.
"That's what I call mending matters!" said Denoisel. From Wordnik.com. [Renée Mauperin] Reference
It's time to give it up and play a positive role in mending the party. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton camp presses electability] Reference
The following evening Mrs Bunch was occupying herself in mending his nightgown. From Wordnik.com. [Lost Hearts by M. R. James | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News] Reference
I hope she will work as tirelessly in mending the fractures she's created as she's worked in creating them. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton rallies union in Puerto Rico] Reference
A large sum, supposed to be employed in mending the road, is collected annually at the toll, close to San Antonio. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
But no doubt I would be better employed in mending little Jem's trousers than in talking gossip about my neighbours. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Valley] Reference
Only an immediate dissolution and a fresh Parliament can have the requsite authority to begin mending that which they have broken. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Finger Wrote] Reference
But the perpetual state of street-mending, that is the crowning interest. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873] Reference
Evidently the nets have not been used for some time, for there are many holes in them, and the mending is a slow business. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Quaker Saints] Reference
He may have just thought 'mending' sounded better than 'changing' though. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 137] Reference
Lydia performed many services for Mr. Stiles, such as mending his clothes and tending him when he was sick. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Women] Reference
I would say 'mending' a fuse for the old-style fuses where you have to put a new piece of fuse wire in between the contacts. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 137] Reference
Synonym for Mochis in Berar who have taken up the finer kinds of ironwork, such as mending guns, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)] Reference
In Berar some Jingars have taken up the finer kinds of iron-work, such as mending guns, and are known as Jirayat. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala] Reference
Yet Ritcheson did seem to be slowly mending himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Wages of Hate] Reference
The constant mending seems appropriate, says Van Cleef. From Wordnik.com. [How To Make An American Flag] Reference
Condoleezza Rice, like her boss, may talk of mending ties. From Wordnik.com. [EUROPE: COZYING UP TO CONDI] Reference
Former freedom fighters are mending ruined roads and clinics. From Wordnik.com. [Back From The Ruins] Reference
Shamans are said to treat ailments/illness by mending the soul. From Wordnik.com. [Life is Life (or Ode to a great big idiot like Zizek)] Reference
It will take more than mending fences to raise Ford's stock price. From Wordnik.com. [Hit The Road, Jacques] Reference
Farrakhan's fence-mending efforts are getting a mostly frosty reception. From Wordnik.com. [Playing A Different Tune] Reference
It's not about mending the buildings, it's what goes on in people's heads. From Wordnik.com. [BALKANS TRAGEDY] Reference
What about mending relations between Liberia and its West African neighbors?. From Wordnik.com. ['Give Us a Chance to Rebuild'] Reference
De Klerk is counting on his fence-mending forays to undercut militants at home. From Wordnik.com. ['Like A Dam Wall Bursting'] Reference
His tour has succeeded where previous fence-mending exercises failed last year. From Wordnik.com. [The Oval: New Views in Old Europe] Reference
Work on that jump shot, polish your short game, practice your fly cast mending. From Wordnik.com. [Swing Away, Mr. President] Reference
Most surprising, North Korea is mending fences with its former colonizer, Japan. From Wordnik.com. [Hands Across The Sea] Reference
The last thing we need is a finger-wagging lecture about mending our wasteful ways. From Wordnik.com. [The not-so secret of retirement saving] Reference
If there's any hope of mending the friendship, you need to find out what's wrong and resolve it. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Irene S. Levine: The dirty little secret most women don't talk about] Reference
The transatlantic relationship isn't in such dire need of mending (although Britain is heading for the exit in Iraq). From Wordnik.com. [David Miliband: In Britain, a Prime Minister In Waiting] Reference
Haslett also stressed that if Haynesworth is serious about mending fences, he would have to keep his frustration private. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Haslett playing a key role in mending fences with Haynesworth, sources say] Reference
It was also a love letter to radio: Gerry Wells, as presenter Dan Shepherd noted, "has spent his life mending wireless sets". From Wordnik.com. [Radio review: The Wireless World of Gerry Wells] Reference
Meanwhile, back in the village, Coriander worked hard all day, mending shoes and cutting leather for new pairs. From Wordnik.com. [Begonia {part four}] Reference
I will vote for whomever I think is the most inclusive and most committed to mending the rupture in our nation's psyche and soul. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Selman: The 3 'Rs' of Citizenship] Reference
Hipsters there are mending torn jeans or buying new, hole-free pants -- annoyed that their overexposing attire is now overexposed. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, G Word] Reference
I was at the time mending from a failed, brief marriage and a bit of a Puritan about such matters as infidelity and one-night stands. From Wordnik.com. [History In The Making] Reference
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