mend
verb (used with object)
to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing.
has been mending
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present perfect progressiveof mend (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Mary Anyang, 49, has been mending and sewing school uniforms for several generations of Kibera children in a narrow, doorless space between two shops on a busy lane.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2019
For 34 years Dr. Joseph L. Miller, 59, of small Thomas, W. Va. has been mending coal miners, delivering their women, treating their families.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her health has been mending this long while.
From Sister Teresa by George (George Augustus) Moore
Gardener has been mending the palings; he gave me five nails; they were very good ones, such as I like.
From Wonder-Box Tales by Jean Ingelow
My mother has been mending this same pair of stockings for more than a year, and she washes and irons them after I've gone to bed at night.
From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer
