Sentence examples for making and mending from inspiring English sources
I earn a living by making and mending clothes.
They worked for various companies until opening Sorelle Tailoring in 2006, where they now make and mend alongside Mrs. Salvemini's husband, Salvatore.
This might sound far-fetched but one ordinary bloke, John-Paul Flintoff, taught himself to sew, and now customises, makes and mends his own clothes – and has written a book, Through the Eye of a Needle, about it.
But we should admit that as a consequence, others are enjoying the rewards of their purchase while we have to make and mend do with alternatives that are adequate, better in some ways, but very possibly inferior overall.
The WI has always put a premium on making do and mending, and doing it with your friends and neighbours.
Make do and mend Our little patch was made up of two grass tennis courts that hadn't been used for a year, with knee-high grass and tall fences.
They made do and mended, even patching up an old oven glove to make it go the distance.
We cannot just make do and mend, we need to do much better than we are.
So he has to make do and mend as best he can if he wants to hold together any semblance of his paper's dignity and integrity.
But don't forget - snip snip! - you can always make do and mend.
