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darn

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verb

as in to stitch
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

darn

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adjective

variants also durn

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of darn
Verb
Fifty-six years later, the company is still carrying on that mission and delivering some pretty darned exhilarating performances in the process. Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025 However, dermatologists agree that no skincare regime is complete without sun protection, so SPF gets a spot on this list, technicalities be darned. Jenny Berg, Allure, 24 Jan. 2025 The Phillies only lost 26 games in Philadelphia the whole darned season. Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024 Shops will be open, luminarias will be lit, and as twilight envelops the town, everyone gathers in Upper Park (above the steps on Main Street) for the lighting of the Christmas tree and pretty much the whole darned park. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for darn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for darn
Noun
  • Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Tiffany has a pop-up experience at this year's Open where a one-of-a-kind tennis racket is on display, featuring 5 carats of diamonds, alongside a 24-karat gold vermeil tennis ball, stitched with almost 7 carats of diamonds.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • When a net breaks in a storm, a dozen or so dock workers rush to shore to stitch it up.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This is the cursed object that shows up at the Smurls, though the actual conjuring mirror – long a mainstay in the Warrens' Occult Museum, alongside the infamous Annabelle – was obtained from a man in New Jersey.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The new documentary Boorman and the Devil mostly answers that question affirmatively, providing a play-by-play account of the film’s troubled — and as many believed, cursed — production, followed by its catastrophic reception.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All the segments understand the assignment, aiming primarily to elicit hoots and hollers.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The film drew hoots of approval as Roberts and her fellow cast embraced before the crowd on the theater’s balcony.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Trials showed issues with needle control and orientation during suturing, indicating that the haptic feedback mechanisms need improvement.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
  • And while the importance of the visual outcome is obvious — achieving undetectable incisions via adept suturing — the aptitude of the practitioner’s craft determines the effect the patient didn’t think enough about in advance: loss, or not, of feeling.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • Research by John Gottman and colleagues shows that the most stable couples are those who can repair quickly after a rupture, within three minutes of a conflict, to be precise, so as to pre-emptively stop the conflict from rupturing into an uncontrollable one.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Inspired by oysters, the new glue is designed to repair broken bones quickly without the need for metal plates, screws, or big surgeries.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Some accredited investors have 'no freaking clue' Even investors who already qualify as accredited could welcome, and benefit from, such a test, experts say.
    Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Well, my freaking agent had spoiled it.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Her big sister did the sound and lights; another sister sewed her satin jackets and miniskirts.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
  • They are made a bit strange and is normally multiple sewn together.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Darn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darn. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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