darning
Example Sentences
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Her first act as a nonworking person: a solo trip to Scotland, where she took a darning workshop and learned how to repair sweaters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
It was first thought to be a darning tool and found with dozens of shoes.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2023
The seamstresses in Obama’s lineage worked for white families, making and fixing and darning their clothes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
“It’s very much a pro-feminist statement,” Ms. Kritzer said of the song, “about women of the time and how they’re not just at home darning socks and cleaning kitchens.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2017
Wiping the nose of some wailing newborn or collecting newspapers or listening to presentations from army nurses or darning another sock?
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
