"Mending" Example Sentences
1. My grandmother spent the afternoon mending my torn shirts.
2. While the kids played outside, their mother sat on the porch mending socks.
3. After dinner, she took out her sewing basket and began mending the tear in her husband's work pants.
4. Instead of buying new clothes, my thrifty mother prefers mending and repairing the ones we already have.
5. I handed the torn skirt to my wife so she could mend it before our dinner date.
6. During the Great Depression, families made do with mending and patching their old clothing.
7. The poor farmer's family spent the cold winter months inside mending and repairing their worn clothing.
8. I learned the basics of sewing and mending by helping my grandmother as a child.
9. His wife spent the day mending and patching his tattered work gloves.
10. The army handed out sewing kits so the soldiers could mend their uniforms while camping in the field.
11. She spent hours mending her children's torn clothing.
12. After my little dog's escapade through the briar patch, I set about mending his snagged fur.
13. The scout master taught the boys how to sew on buttons and do basic mending of their uniforms.
14. I handed the rent dress to the woman behind the counter to fix the hem before the wedding.
15. My mother taught me to mend my own clothing as a way of saving money.
16. The boy tore his pants climbing over the barbed wire fence, so his mother set to work mending them.
17. I accidentally ripped my favorite shirt, so I spent the evening carefully mending the tear.
18. She repaired elderly patients' tattered blankets and spent her spare time mending donated clothing for charity.
19. The boy's aunt patiently taught him how to thread a needle and properly mend a pair of torn jeans.
20. While my wife sewed the button back onto my shirt, she reminded me to be more careful with my clothing.
21. I handed my daughter the mending basket and showed her how to thread a needle.
22. After I tore my coat on a nail, my mother sat me down and helped me mend the leather myself.
23. The thrift stores offer cheap clothes for the poor but also sewing facilities to help with mending needed repairs.
24. The boy carelessly tore his favorite pants while climbing a tree, so his mother sighed and set to work mending them.
25. The woman learned to mend her husband's tattered work clothes since he earned too little to replace them regularly.
26. The domestic science course taught the girls how to patch, darn, and mend clothes to save their families money.
27. While the seamstress carefully mended the torn dress, her customer reviewed the replacement options.
28. After removing the stitches from her torn hem, the woman settled in for an afternoon of mending.
29. I cut my finger while mending a fishing net on the boat with my grandfather.
30. The lady carefully mended the torn yellowed lace on the antique tablecloth before storing it away.
31. While learning how to mend her own clothing, the girl realized the value of things carefully repaired.
32. The grandmother passed down her mending basket filled with thread, needles, and patches.
33. Unable to afford new clothes, the woman spent many hours mending her family's worn garments.
34. The girl patiently learned how to mend socks from her mother, seeing the comfort in living thriftily.
35. The old woman sat on her porch all afternoon mending the family's tattered quilts.
36. The soldier's wife diligently mended and patched his uniforms between deployments.
37. The woman bundled up torn clothing to take to the charity that taught mending skills to unemployed citizens.
38. After ripping her dress climbing over the barbed wire fence, the homesteader set to mending the tear.
39. We handed the ballerina's tattered pointe shoes to the costume department to see if they could be mended.
40. The shipwrecked sailor skillfully mended his fishing net using threads torn from his tattered clothing.
Common Phases
1. She spent the afternoon
mending torn clothes.
2. While the kids played, their mother sat
mending socks.
3. After dinner, she began
mending the tear in his pants.
4. My mother prefers
mending old clothes to buying new ones.
5. I handed her the skirt to mend before our date.
6. Families made do by
mending and patching old clothing.
7. They spent winter inside
mending worn clothes.
8. I learned
mending by helping my grandmother.
9. She mended his tattered work gloves.
10. Soldiers mended uniforms while camping.
11. She mended her children's torn clothes for hours.
12. I set about
mending his snagged fur.
13. The boys learned basic
mending.
14. I had the dress hem fixed before the wedding.
15. My mother taught me to mend my own clothes.
16. His mother set to work
mending his torn pants.
17. I spent the evening
mending the tear in my shirt.
18. She mended blankets and donated clothing.
19. His aunt taught him how to mend torn jeans.
20. My wife sewed my button back on while reminding me to be more careful.