Example Sentences
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I found a local tailor who mends with precision and fell in love with pieces that I forgot I even had.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2025
Those positions will not return, even as the business mends, executives said.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2024
Later in the day, chefs from nearby restaurants would come by the shaded spot where Tibau mends his nets and buy the morning’s catch for about $175.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2022
A critic breaks his hip in someone’s home and stays there, in charge, until it mends.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2019
In the story he mends his broken heart by turning it to stone.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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