darning

Example Sentences

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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

And I was darning so many holey socks at the boardinghouse, my nose had grown numb from the particularly brutal odor of sweaty, dusty feet.

From Literature

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