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
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 ● Jan. 12, 2024
The feet were shoeless, with socks in need of darning.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022
It was the size of a darning needle.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
