darning

Example Sentences

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Crochet hooks, soda bottles, and darning needles were also used in attempts to end pregnancies.

From Salon

Straight backed and with birdlike poise, Homer French projects a pioneer self-sufficiency, as if she’d be equally capable of darning a sock, milking a goat or driving a horse-drawn cart.

From New York Times

It was first thought to be a darning tool and found with dozens of shoes.

From BBC

The seamstresses in Obama’s lineage worked for white families, making and fixing and darning their clothes.

From Los Angeles Times

The feet were shoeless, with socks in need of darning.

From Los Angeles Times