mend
verb (used with object)
to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing.
are mending
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present progressiveof mend.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The two countries are mending ties after years of tensions.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
The settlement can serve as proof for city officials that they are mending fences between the community and police, even as routine legal procedures in the criminal case may stir up anger, he said.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2015
I think it's easy to think that things are mending if we think, 'Oh things are over now.'
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2011
"I came in from the east by the rear of the stockade where they are mending it," he said.
From Long Odds by Harold Bindloss
Are we to blow with the trumpet because we respect the ruts while everywhere else they are mending the roads?
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
