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 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
Lee sat with a darning basket, mending the long black stockings the twins wore to school.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
