How to Use embed in a Sentence

embed

verb
  • In both instances, the nail was found still embedded in the calcaneum, which is the largest bone in the foot and forms the heel.
    Fredrick Kunkle, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Casings are sunk into the deep rock bed below and the piles are then drilled through them to embed 40 feet in the rock.
    Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 June 2022
  • We got embedded in these cultures the first time around.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Microsoft wouldn't be the first to embed ads on a device.
    PCMAG, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The drones pinpointed a location about 36 feet from the ground as the likely spot where the rest of the skull was embedded.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • That’s sort of embedded in me in terms of the American culture.
    Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • Find your way to an ecosystem and embed yourself there.
    Davis Bell, Forbes, 27 May 2022
  • Springer's interview begins at the 20-minute mark in the episode embedded above.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The twine or plastic fibers can also embed in the roots, causing damage.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET.
    Allison Deangelis, STAT, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Simply embed one of the hooks from the trailer into the tail of your live bait and then even nips can turn into landed fish.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 13 June 2024
  • Fine particulate matter can embed deep in the lungs, move into the bloodstream, and take a toll on the heart and brain.
    Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022
  • If possible to embed one of her products, or an image, would be good to here.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Snapchat, for one brief, bizarre moment, had a news business embedded in it.
    Nilay Patel, The Verge, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Some are wary of arrays that are embedded in brain tissue.
    Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET.
    Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 May 2024
  • Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET.
    Katherine MacPhail, STAT, 5 June 2024
  • Then slide the machine over sticky spills and embedded dirt on tile, hardwood, hardwood, or vinyl.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Creators can embed links that will take viewers to the longer version of the video, keeping even more eyeballs on the platform.
    Wired, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Snelson goes back to the uplifting message embedded in the store’s name.
    Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Please don’t embed links in text; just copy and paste the URL above or below your song; otherwise the Empress ends up with garble.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 26 May 2022
  • Hang the shrimp, embed the crab legs and make sure everything is easily grabbable.
    WSJ, 16 Dec. 2022
  • In the beginning, there’s a sort of lightheartedness about this wicked little guy: In his youth, he’s embedded in the world and in love with it.
    Michael Snyder, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
  • My dad was the one that literally was engulfed and embedded the most in my career.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2024
  • There are frescoes above stairways and a fleur-de-lis crest embedded in the foyer’s marble floor.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 7 July 2023
  • Medusa and her volcanic rage are embedded throughout as well.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The pins that lock the frames into place and connect them also serve as stakes to embed into the ground for stability.
    Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2022
  • But in 1985, the itch to explore the world again — and the entertainment industry — embedded itself in Emanuel.
    Malina Saval, Variety, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The filmmaker was embedded in the hospital during pre-production when a woman was brought in on the edge of death.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
  • That’s the idea behind Bloomer’s plantable filter tips, a vegan, organic wax tip with flower seeds embedded in them.
    Lindsey Bartlett, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024

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