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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022

"Perhaps I will have to forgo my darning circle!" a concerned lady about town sighs.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2022

"The shelling of peas, the darning of socks, the sort of thing my mum used to do sitting and watching the television... knitting," he explained.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2020

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