If you splint her back, strap her down, the bones should mend.

The problem is that where a broken bone has mended, it is often stronger than the bone itself.

They're having some problem getting the bones to mend properly.

How well your new joint and bones mend.

When you're 56 years old, broken bones don't mend as quickly as they once might have.

I asked if my nan's bones would mend.

Sometimes bones just don't mend she said.

The broken bones of my defenses mended a lot more slowly.

"Haven't you got anything better to do than watch old bones mend?"

"Broken bones don't mend so easily when you're past sixty-five."