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 feet were shoeless, with socks in need of darning.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2022

"Sometimes they would invite them in and to others they would say 'no, sorry we're busy darning our socks today'."

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2022

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

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2022

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