darned; darning; darns
1
: to mend with interlacing stitches
2
: to embroider by filling in with long running or interlacing stitches
: to do darning
darner
noun
Synonyms
Examples of darn in a Sentence
Verb (1)
in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand
Adjective or adverb
I can't seem to tie this darn shoe
Noun (2)
nobody gave a darn about us when we were poor, but now that we are rich, we have friends we never knew about!
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
Election be darned, no problem there — most voters have already made up their minds anyway.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
Actors lived their best lives Saturday night at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards – giving each other trophies and looking darned good doing so.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
Looking ahead to 2024’s release calendar does not inspire the same amount of confidence, but there will always be things to watch and stream — and some of those things might even be good, gosh darn it.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
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Verb
The result: Both treatments were pretty darned effective at staving off respiratory failure with no major complications.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
Election be darned, no problem there — most voters have already made up their minds anyway.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
Actors lived their best lives Saturday night at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards – giving each other trophies and looking darned good doing so.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
Looking ahead to 2024’s release calendar does not inspire the same amount of confidence, but there will always be things to watch and stream — and some of those things might even be good, gosh darn it.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
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“Darn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/darn. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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darn
1 of 4 verb
: to mend with interlacing stitches
darn socks
darn
2 of 4 noun
: a place that has been darned
darn
4 of 4 noun
: damn entry 2 sense 2
not worth a darn
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