How to Use inscribe in a Sentence

inscribe

verb
Definition of inscribenext
Synonyms for inscribenext
  • The book was inscribed with the author's signature.
  • They inscribed the monument with the soldiers' names.
  • They were painted in pastels and inscribed with pithy advice: Be happy.
    — Kyle Spencer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Those are the closing lines inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
    — Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2017
  • The Fish is the ship's remote eyes, ears, and nose, and on this ship it's inscribed with a name, Spero: Hope.
    — Bucky McMahon, Esquire, 14 Sep. 2015
  • The influence of microbes is even inscribed on our genome: More than a third of human genes have their origins in bacteria.
    — Quanta Magazine, 29 July 2014
  • Her hair and wardrobe lost their drab droop and achieved the workaday glam that is the Moore mostly luminously inscribed on our memory-image of her.
    — James Wolcott, VanityFair.com, 26 Jan. 2017
  • Visitors seem to know what is happening; someone inscribed a small purple heart in magic marker on the tree’s bark, the ink still fresh and bright from a recent visit.
    — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 13 May 2017
  • The numbers inscribed in the clay — which calculate the total distance traveled by the planet — matched those on the perplexing geometric tablets.
    — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2016
  • Before the tournament moves, Spieth wants to add his name to the list of champions inscribed at the base of a statue of Byron Nelson that sits near the first tee.
    — Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 May 2017
  • Each one of its pieces is individually inscribed, ensuring that the diamonds have been responsibly sourced under fair labor standards.
    — Amanda Hearst, Marie Claire, 11 June 2012
  • But their mode of help, of course, re-inscribed the norms that hurt so many in the first place.
    — Alexandra Molotkow, The New Republic, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The deadline for names to be inscribed on a wall this year is Aug. 1.
    — Forrest Sellers, Cincinnati.com, 13 July 2017
  • The words are inscribed at the base of a statue that now stands in the US Capitol.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 16 May 2023
  • To inscribe the shards, users dipped a reed or hollow stick in ink.
    — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The columns are inscribed with the names of more than 4,000 victims.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Julius’s name was inscribed on the cemetery’s Wall of the Missing.
    — Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 20 June 2018
  • The stones were inscribed with an ongoing saga of the colonists’ demise.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2024
  • It was carved into the shape of a headstone and inscribed with his name and date of death.
    — David Goodhue Miami Herald (tns), al, 3 May 2023
  • The names of those who died are inscribed around the borders of the two memorials.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2018
  • The jacket was even inscribed with Blake's name on the inside.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Earlier this year, the group inscribed the Ukrainian city of Odessa on the list.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Graff then used a laser to inscribe each of the 66 resulting stones with the name of the diamond.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Manute is inscribed on the inside of Bol’s right forearm, in black script.
    — Luke Winn, SI.com, 11 July 2017
  • Her initials and the date of the wedding were inscribed in the soles of her Aquazzura Mary Janes.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Oct. 2018
  • The victims’ names and the dates of more than 4,000 killings are inscribed in the steel, though many names read simply unknown.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Eupolus and the six others were the first Zanes, with their names inscribed for all to see.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • The soldier would be replaced by an obelisk inscribed to the memory of the dead in all wars.
    — The Washington Post, AL.com, 20 July 2017
  • He’s done with inscribing for the day and quickly escapes the blast suit.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • Herman, an eighty-three-year-old who wears a ring inscribed with the U.S.W. logo on his right hand, still believes this.
    — Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024

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