Sentence examples for to mend from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

to rectify

to overhaul

to compensate

to rebuild

to restore

The term "to mend" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to the act of repairing something (i.e. mending a broken fence). For example: "I need to mend the fence before it gets any worse."

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to mend

verb

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.

My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending.

synonyms

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It's taking a while to mend".

The New York Times

Neither man tried hard to mend fences.

The New York Times - Books

Armstrong wants to mend fences.

The Guardian - Sport

To build, perhaps to mend.

The New York Times

And I started to mend.

The Guardian - Opinion

Andretti is trying to mend fences.

The New York Times - Sports

Takes two to mend a rift.

The New York Times

There was no time to mend anything.

The Guardian - Books

He comes to my house to mend the boiler.

The New Yorker

"It's time to mend it or end it".

The New York Times

Recently Mr. Schumer has tried to mend fences.

The New York Times

More suggestions(15)

to rehabilitate

to cure

to fix

to reconstruct

to correct

to improved

to bridge

to remedy

to heal

to rehabilitation

to redress

to repair

to improving

to reform

to sustain

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