How to Use inscribe in a Sentence

inscribe

verb

• The book was inscribed with the author's signature.
• They inscribed the monument with the soldiers' names.
• The deadline for names to be inscribed on a wall this year is Aug. 1.
  — Forrest Sellers, Cincinnati.com, 13 July 2017
• Manute is inscribed on the inside of Bol’s right forearm, in black script.
  — Luke Winn, SI.com, 11 July 2017
• 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
• Mr Young’s father was the city’s first black mayor, ran Detroit for two decades and has his name inscribed on city hall.
  — The Economist, 16 Sep. 2017
• Down near the crash site, friends and family members of the passengers and crew gathered at a wall inscribed with the names of the fallen.
  — Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star, 11 Sep. 2017
• Lopez had an infinity symbol on her side with an arrow through it, and the names Jennifer and Ben inscribed in the loops.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2024
• Epitaphs to the dogs are inscribed in bronze and, according to the Georgia website, flowers are place placed on each grave before home games.
  — Nat Newell, Indianapolis Star, 8 Sep. 2017
• This strangely enticing fear speaks to a paradox all but inscribed in the term virtual reality itself.
  — Jacob Brogan, Slate Magazine, 1 Sep. 2017
• One night, while riding motorcycles home from a recording studio, they were pelted with rocks wrapped in paper inscribed with profane messages.
  — Joe Cochrane, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2017
• Organizers are selling aluminum medallions, which can be inscribed and placed into a time capsule to be opened at a future festival.
  — Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• The pavers will be inscribed with a message of the donors' choosing and the Commission intends to install the pavers around the monument to form a walkway.
  — Courant Community, 22 Aug. 2017
• The poem was inscribed on a plaque and mounted to the base of the statue in 1903, seven years after the statue was unveiled in New York.
  — Leada Gore, AL.com, 2 Aug. 2017
• To test the crystal’s potential to be used as a repository for important genetic information, the researchers inscribed the full human genome into it.
  — New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024
• When a pattern of activity is repeated, through practice, for example, the contributing connections become stronger, and the lesson or skill is inscribed in the network.
  — Matthew Hutson, Ars Technica, 16 July 2017
• 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 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
• 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
• Eupolus and the six others were the first Zanes, with their names inscribed for all to see.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
• He’s done with inscribing for the day and quickly escapes the blast suit.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 July 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024