darn

[US]/dɑːn/
[UK]/dɑrn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. mend (clothing)
n. a place where mending has been done, darn (euphemistic, expressing annoyance)

Phrases & Collocations

Oh darn it!

Example Sentences

You are darn tootin.

a devil's darning needle

Please darn the hole in my sock.

I don't expect you to darn my socks.

you have to work a darned sight harder.

Darn it! I’ve lost my keys!

Her jumper had a darn at the bottom.

A car that big would use a darn sight more petrol than ours.

My socks have been darned again and again.

Well, I’ll be darned! Isn’t that Lisa over there?

Real-world Examples

Oh, hello Darn. Pretty well, thanks.

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 8

Because he was just so darn cute?

Source: Friends Season 2

It's so delectable and so darn good-looking.

Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

'You look pretty darn nice, ' he said.

Source: Selected Short Stories of Hemingway

Yeah. I've played around with ChatGPT and it can hold a conversation and write pretty darn well.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American May 2023 Collection

What goes on beneath the surface is pretty darn violent.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

Oh, you must be pretty darn happy. Any particular reason?

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 6

Ambassador Mark Lippert says he's feeling pretty darn good.

Source: AP Listening Collection April 2015

Green tea contains a powerful antioxidant called EGCg, whose full name is just too darn long to write out.

Source: Listening Digest

" We're not certain, " Markel says, " but we're pretty darn sure."

Source: Time

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