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hemming

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hemming.

Editorial note

It looks like the business is still retaining unacceptable risks and the AML committee is going along after some initial hemming and hawing.

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Quick take

The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hemming gathered in one view.

noun

The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hemming.

noun

The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech.

noun

A surname.

Example sentences

1

It looks like the business is still retaining unacceptable risks and the AML committee is going along after some initial hemming and hawing.

2

It was poking light fun at all the media hemming and hawing that goes into terminology like this.

3

The amount of hemming and hawing in this makes me think that he's not really buying it this time.

4

After much hemming and hawing, and research proposals, and industry comparisons, the ultimate solution that was decided upon was...

5

Then pad out the rest with some hemming and hawing about: Has Linus gone TOO FAR!?

6

I think she meant that a lot of hemming and hawing in the conversation is really maddening to someone who can feel something negative is coming.

7

They're still hemming and hawing about fixing it--and that's only after finally admitting they goofed.

8

Especially when you consider the other 10$ you have to spend for hemming.

9

Instead of hemming and hawing about the right solution, write all three.

10

She and her hubby are uber rich and have more in common with limousines, fine dining and rubber-stamping that hemming in evil and rocking the boat.

11

If a religion said black people were cursed and had no souls, there wouldn't be so much hemming and hawing over whether or not they were racist.

12

High quality affordable Japanese denim with free hemming on-site.

Quote examples

1

You'd think if this company could make entire suits to fit (surely "outsourced"), Bonobos could do hemming.

2

Hemming and hawing and "How could they!"-ing not only accomplishes nothing in the great majority of cases, it turns people off of whatever valuable input you might have.

3

I asked "What time do my peers go home at this company?", and after some hemming and hawing the bosses told me "About nineish, usually." (9 to 9 x 5 = 60 hours, plus a 10 hour fudge factor because I did not fall off the turnip truck yesterday and know what "usually" means.) So I told them "There is a gap between what you expect as normal hours and what I expect as normal hours.

4

" (who was then Google's Director of Search Quality - today he is Director of Research) and after some hemming and hawing he told me " well, we don't have anyone like that but then we are a media company, not a search company.("We are a media company" was the mantra Terry Semel was repeating at Yahoo then) and I knew then that Yahoo would never beat Google (in search).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hemming in a sentence?

It looks like the business is still retaining unacceptable risks and the AML committee is going along after some initial hemming and hawing.

What does hemming mean?

The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech.

What part of speech is hemming?

hemming is commonly used as noun.