well-mended
- a word derived from mend.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She was a pretty, elfish little thing, though her well-mended garments betokened industrious poverty.
From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold
He wore also a low collar with a white tie, bow-fashion, white socks, and low-heeled shoes, and every part of his attire, although neat and well-brushed and well-mended, revealed dire poverty.
From The Solitary Farm by Hume, Fergus
A great sense of comfort stole over him in this poor room behind the well-mended but snowy curtains, in the company of this simple, sensible woman, whose features were shadowed by a gentle seriousness.
From At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas by Heyse, Paul
A corner-cupboard, knowingly left open, displayed immense treasures of old silver and well-mended china.
From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd
Do not all strangers who visit us praise our well-mended gateways, And the well-whited tower, the church so neatly repair'd too?
From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Bowring, Edgar Alfred
