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variants also durned

darned

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verb

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

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Recent Examples of darned
Verb
The Triumph was, and still is, honest, authentic, and darned-near bulletproof. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025 That would be a ripe spot to declare that the AI isn’t of professional quality and make darned sure to remove any wording that suggests otherwise. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for darned
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
Verb
  • The royal opted for a smart suit from Bella Freud for the occasion, the plaid fabric delicately stitched with an electric blue thread running through it (there’s no pattern that says fall quite like plaid).
    Harriet Johnston, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series.
    Ian Stokes, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Her ballerina background, however, is fairly extraneous, even with De Armas made to stare solemnly at that blasted music box during her rare moments of rest.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 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
  • Hundreds of slow zones have been repaired and removed, and several stations have received major facelifts.
    Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Sometimes it cannot be repaired at all.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Darned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darned. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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