hemming

present participle of hem

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hemming
Verb
  • Instead of waiting until your breaking point to book a trip, start a travel fund and plan ahead.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Some are exploring alternatives, including relocating to other countries, such as Canada, while waiting for clarity on their status.
    Tania Francois, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • This factor was vastly dwarfed by organizational restructuring, budget cuts, and economic conditions, which are all far more standard explanations historically used by corporations to justify trimming jobs.
    John Kell, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • Consider trimming a task list, then schedule a quiet break between meetings to recharge.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Besides, the rare earth industry is so cost-intensive that Lynas is even dithering on its new Texas facility despite the hundreds of millions secured from the Department of War.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Neither of them is going to sit around dithering.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Payload is up to a quite respectable Ford Maverick-edging 1,550 lb (703 kg), and towing capacity doubles from initial projections to 2,000 lb (907 kg).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 June 2026
  • How to Plant a Living Garden Border Converting your garden edging into a living border is relatively straightforward.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • The book does often feel like a recording of a mental jam session, but there is also a sense of being guided by a kind of hesitating yet urgent voice that needs to get things figured out.
    Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
  • While their rivals started spending significant sums of money as soon as the 2024-25 season finished, Spurs wasted a couple of weeks hesitating about the long-term future of then head coach Ange Postecoglou before replacing him with Thomas Frank.
    David Ornstein, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Also, a Ukrainian drone strike killed one person overnight in Russia’s Belgorod border region, bordering Ukraine, local officials said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • Van Noord Growers is a 9 hectare (~25 acres) greenhouse operation, located in Zeeland, at the mouth of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt river delta, bordering Holland and Belgium.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Sustainability is a priority at Sal Salis, with the 16 eco-luxury safari tents designed for minimal impact, just metres from the largest fringing reef in the world, its barefoot luxury as nature intended.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • An easy 10-minute swim will have you on the fringing reef, with slivers of multi-coloured fish, gliding turtles and epic coral formations.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Galactic Racer captures the satisfaction of skirting around a corner at high speeds and the crushing impact of colliding head-on with a wall.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • If there’s a will to make money during the most globally significant event that only comes around twice a decade, then there’s a way to design marketing campaigns skirting the line of trademark infringement.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
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“Hemming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemming. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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