inscribe

During Greco-Roman times, Egyptian artists were called upon to inscribe funerary spells on linen mummy bandages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Depending on the magnitude of the game, and of the challenge, Burruss would name the cast after a mountain peak, and use a Sharpie to inscribe the cast accordingly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

"Mr Onakoya is a symbol of excellence and resilience that distinguish Nigerians both at home and abroad... Go, make history, and inscribe our name in gold," Nigeria's Vice-President Kashim Shettima posted on X.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024

If you get sued, stress the expressive elements of your business, from your choice of furnishings, colors and fabrics to marketing, including the fanciful words you inscribe on the bibles in each room.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023

The cadets inscribe the words into their composition books.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

A high-powered laser pulse then inscribes these minuscule voxels into square glass plates that are roughly the size of a CD.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

For a reader self-identified as a “young budding historian obsessed with history,” Caro inscribes, “To a fellow history lover.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

A glowing, impossibly narrow point inscribes itself firmly on San Francisco’s skyline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2021

A hundred frowny faces can’t console the grieving widow like a single piece of stationery on which a friend inscribes her sympathy.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2019

There is no frost upon the windows of Marco’s flat, so he inscribes lines of symbols in the shape of a letter A with ink, pressing his darkened fingers against the panes.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The bust on sale depicts Daphne, Apollo's first love in Greek mythology, and is inscribed with the Latin phrase "me fecit Roma" - translating to "Rome made me".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

She said she inscribed it with, “Turn this book back into a tree.”

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

“KD1” is inscribed on the lavender band around its leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The D-Day landings join more than 50 French sites already inscribed on the list, alongside the spectacular Mont Saint Michel island in Normandy and the Palace of Versailles.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

It is densely inscribed, more ink than blank page.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Choosing a message is important, but so is inscribing it in the asphalt.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2025

They left signed jerseys in their teammates’ lockers like classmates inscribing yearbooks after the school year, except the end came much more suddenly than any planned graduation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025

Mr Rimmer explains that his systems can provide that failsafe verification, by inscribing data inside the diamond - data that is impossible to remove, but does not devalue the gem in any way.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2022

So they decided to sublimate the chaos of the invasion, inscribing their new fears and hopes on pre-existing works by 17 artists.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2022

Now imagine trying to estimate the size of the triangle by inscribing little rectangles inside the triangle.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife