darning

Example Sentences

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After all, some of the first subcutaneous drug delivery options involved shoving a pellet of medication under the skin with a darning needle.

From Scientific American

To that end, there’ll be classes on darning and home haircuts with experts from Filson and Rudy’s Barbershop, a drum circle with Deep Sea Diver, and morning aerobics with dancers from Pacific Northwest Ballet.

From Seattle Times

Payne points to a tiny seedling, its trunk no thicker than darning thread but somehow supporting the fragile fronds of new life.

From Scientific American

If you don’t have a wooden darning mushroom, Totah recommends an orange or a rounded glass.

From The Guardian

But after darning the elbows and cuffs it eventually fell apart and was consigned to the compost heap.

From The Guardian