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
Brendan said he had met several men who remembered working there when they were boys, with one specifically remembering an old man sitting by a fire darning sacks which they carried corn and flour in.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
The feet were shoeless, with socks in need of darning.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 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
My last resolution had been to master darning and spinning.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
