hemming

present participle of hem

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hemming
Verb
  • Tidy it up, trimming off any leggy, weak winter growth.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Arrange soaked ladyfingers in a single layer in bottom of an 8-inch square baking dish, trimming or breaking ladyfingers as needed to fit.
    Amanda Holstein, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • People in some states have reported receiving their full benefits for November, while others could be waiting until at least next week.
    Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Many of our favorite online brands aren’t waiting until Thanksgiving week to roll out their biggest savings — and that’s good news for anyone ready to shop early.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • There is no shortage of beautiful beaches to consider when planning a Florida vacation, but Anna Maria has been edging ahead of competition in the Sunshine State.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Emma Goetz of Tyler Grace Community claimed her second straight 5A girls gold, with San Antonio Christian edging Grace Community by one point in the team standings.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Neither of them is going to sit around dithering.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There was no dithering, just a window of opportunity narrowing by the minute.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The east side district, bordering the Pointes, includes neighborhoods such as East English Village, Morningside and Jefferson Chalmers.
    Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The county will use the western four acres to build a fire station and the eastern two acres bordering the library for a health clinic.
    Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Chamandy said that, because of the ambiguity associated with the tariffs, companies are still hesitating to change suppliers until the dust settles.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
  • For now, Ian’s hesitating to tell Mike.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the sun has grown subtly brighter over this span, if this supercontinent struggled with high carbon dioxide levels like its Pangaean forebear did, then this would be an inimically hot world to animals, except for lone refuges fringing its polar far reaches.
    Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The islands that became the Outer Banks fringing the North Carolina coast first appeared 15,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped and the nation’s shoreline migrated inward from the continental shelf, Young said.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As a result, many civil servants are wary of serving baijiu at government functions; others are skirting the rule by disguising the clear liquor as water.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The technology, which gets deployed across the firm’s warehouse base, could potentially lead to Amazon skirting as much as 600,000 hirings by 2033.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Hemming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemming. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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