How to use hem in a sentence

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• Sitting on the bench, the hem of her skirt touched the ground.From the entry touch
• She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem.From the entry ruffle
• If you hem and haw long enough, someone else will do it first.From the entry hem and haw
• The last thing you want is to get hemmed up in prison.From the entry hem up
• Beatrice gathered up the hem of her petticoat.From the entry gather up
• An Empire-style dress has a high waistline – directly under the bust – from which the dress falls all the way to a hem as low as the floor.From the entry fall
• Adding to the hem of a holy garment suggests a desire to be in a different stead.2021, C.E. Young, The Naked Truth Unveiled, page 67. From the entry stead
• She pulled a pair of bloomer panties with white lace around the hems.2020, Allison West, Jailed Little Jade, Blushing Books, →ISBN. From the entry bloomer
• Her handsome leg was exposed by the up-pulled hem of her torn tunic.2017, Gardner Fox, Jeffrey K. Gardner, Cleopatra. From the entry up-pulled
• I find flip-flops that are too big, and roll up the hem.2016, Violet Vaughn, Rush for Love. From the entry dowdy up
• He placed him in a choke-hold and hemmed him up on the brick wall.2014, Tiffany Bolado, The Legacy of Misperception, page 89. From the entry hem up
• The stitch used in Hawaiian appliqué was simply a hemming stitch, Midori explained.2011, Jennifer Chiaverini, The Aloha Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel, →ISBN, page 180. From the entry Hawaiian appliqué
• Once you have mastered the rolled hem, the French seam will be easy to understand.2011, Kenneth D King, Cool Couture: Construction Secrets for Runway Style, page 33. From the entry French seam
• Her grandmother’s teadress is purple and green, ragged along the hem.2011, Ruth Sorrell, “Counterbalance”, in JoSelle Vanderhooft, Catherine Lundoff, editors, Hellebore & Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic…. From the entry teadress
• The hand slid down the schuss of material and plucked at the hem.1992, Will Self, Cock and Bull. From the entry schuss
• The dart at hem level creates shape for the calf of the leg and reduces surplus fabric.1991, Helen Stanley, Flat Pattern Cutting and Modelling for Fashion, page 162. From the entry underknee
• Three separate sets of gay shōchikubai motifs grow upward from the hem.1986, Reiko Mochinaga Brandon, Country Textiles of Japan: The Art of Tsutsugaki, Honolulu Academy of Arts, page 106. From the entry shōchikubai
• Terra is hemmed in on all sides by the ancient Centauran Empire.1953, Philip K. Dick, “The Variable Man”, in The Early Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick, Dover, published 2013, page 140. From the entry Centauran
• It might be night time when de water hem you up in heah.1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial, published 2000, page 163. From the entry wanta
• As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 22. From the entry chilling
• Marion Wheeler took the seat, brushing the hem of her suit jacket aside to reveal a concealed holster.2023 October 22, HarryBlank, “Waiting to Happen”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024. From the entry holster
• “You just be walkin' around the house like this?” he questioned, pulling on the bottom hem of her pink tie-dyed minidress.2019 March 12, Chase Sidora, The Girl Next Door 2, Sullivan Group Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry witcho
• She'd changed her long-sleeved shirt three times before settling on a paisley print one with a shark bite hem.2018, Sonya Weiss, The Firefighter's Perfect Plan, unnumbered page. From the entry shark bite
• In most states, you can be ticketed for failing to clear the intersection, even if you are hemmed in by traffic.2014, David L. Hough, Street Strategies for Motorcyclists. From the entry stale
• “Merci buckets,” she said, holding the hem of her pink plastic smock out to her sides in a curtsy.2013, Dale E. Basye, Precocia: The Sixth Circle of Heck, →ISBN, page 286. From the entry merci buckets
• Because godets are shaped pieces, often with a pronounced curve at the hem edge, they can be tricky to hem.2011, Carol Jean Fresia, Threads Sewing Guide, page 135. From the entry godet
• He smiled as her yellow nailpolished toenails blinked in and out from under the hem of her gown.2003, Sallie Lowenstein, “The Jacks”, in Sender Unknown, Kensington, Md.: Lion Stone Books, →ISBN, page 213. From the entry nailpolished
• He sits astride a motorcycle and fingers the hem of a bright red dress worn by a pert, blonde, cherry-lipped model.2002, Catherine Orenstein, Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale, page 192. From the entry Betty Boop
• They will gather their own gaylings and dykelings and Miss Things at the hem of their own caftans.2002, Alisa Solomon, Framji Minwalla, The Queerest Art: Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater, page 253. From the entry dykeling
• "If he just wants to cut a ribbon or let us touch the hem of his garment, we don't need that."1994 March 9, Todd S. Purdum, “Clinton's Coming to New York, But Mayor May Skip Invitation”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Sep 2013. From the entry touch the hem of someone's garment
• The Hong Kong finish is among the most impressive used in couture sewing for both hems and seams.1988, Margaret Dittman, The Fabric Lover's Scrapbook, page 57. From the entry Hong Kong finish
• Wyliecoats, stiffened at the hem and heavily lined with plaiding or scouringis', were made from fustian and grogram.1987, Margaret H. B. Sanderson, Mary Stewart's People: Life in Mary Stewart's Scotland, page 85. From the entry wyliecoat
• He stood up and pulled on a dayrobe that glinted with silver-threaded embroidery around the hem and neckband.1987 January, Catherine Cooke, chapter 14, in Veil of Shadow, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 187. From the entry dayrobe
• Her dark fingers ducked in and out of the lemony cloth as she embroidered raised daisies around the hem.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 23, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 144. From the entry lemony
• The man at the Chief Office hemmed and hawed.1903, The People of the Abyss, by Jack London, Chapter 1. From the entry hem and haw
• Both of them had snow on their boots, and a little on the hems of their coats, but they weren't all froze cold like yesterday.2010, Kathi Purnell, Silent Heroes, page 188. From the entry tooken
• He wore a magnificent overrobe of iridescent green silk, embroidered with orange feathers and gold starbursts along the hem and sleeves and neckline.2006, Kate Elliott, Spirit Gate, Tor, published 2007, →ISBN, page 510. From the entry overrobe
• I got hemmed in by the werewolf again and, in desperation, tried an experimental new wand on it; and polymorphed it into a black pudding.1999, Robin Johnson, “My gnomish healer has been having a rough time of it”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet). From the entry polymorph
• Since these are hemmed, there is a chance that the thick edge will chafe—thus counteracting the possible advantages of less bulk in the diaper area.1970, California Farmer, volume 232, page 9. From the entry contour diaper

Meaning of hem

1. interjection Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
2. noun An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
3. verb To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.

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Questions about hem in a sentence

How do you use hem in a sentence?

Hem is used as an interjection, noun and verb. For example: “A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.”

What is a short sentence with hem?

“Beatrice gathered up the hem of her petticoat.”

What does hem mean?

Hem means used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.