Etymology
Origin of 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
She had made it herself, on the head of a darning needle which had a broken eye, so it couldn’t be used as a needle any more.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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