How to Use engrave in a Sentence

engrave

verb
  • The image was engraved on the plaque.
  • They will engrave your initials on the ring for free.
  • She had the ring engraved with her initials.
  • Benny's prize was a gold watch with his flag emblem engraved on the back.
    Author: Ann Cameron Siegal, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 Oct. 2017
  • People proudly tattooed them to their arms, chests and backs or engraved them on the backs of their watches.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 6 Oct. 2017
  • That’s engraved in the language, and that offers a huge span of possibilities to to play with.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Customize your leather goods and fragrance bottles with hot stamping and engraving services on-site too.
    Romany Williams, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In addition, their names are engraved on commemorative plaques on every ship across the fleet.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Bricks will surround the post; River Forest residents can purchase bricks and have their names engraved on them.
    Caitlin Mullen, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Researchers would engrave these weapons with unique identifiers and their address, driving them into animals spotted at sea.
    Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Every bag is engraved on the inside with a unique identifying code, and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the makers.
    Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The commemorative Tag Heuer wristwatch, engraved with the car’s chassis number, has never even been worn.
    Bob Sorokanich, Car and Driver, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Saturday’s event included an unveiling of the veterans’ names engraved onto the memorial.
    Nashelly Chavez, sacbee, 14 Oct. 2017
  • The cabins also feature an anodized aluminum center console that is engraved with the early Series I E‑type blueprint.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
  • This all culminated that last night, when his new friends at Mamba Point Hotel presented him with a gorgeous wooden locket and armband with his name engraved.
    Helene Cooper, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Some of the gold petals are engraved and satin-brushed.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The left is deeply engraved; the right — a replica — is acid-etched.
    Laurencia Ciprus, courant.com, 18 May 2018
  • And don’t miss the wall of glass beer mugs engraved with the names of the bar’s many regulars.
    Melissa Rayworth, Houston Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The stones are engraved with names and carry birth and death years, too.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2024
  • But the future of the public sphere is not engraved in stone.
    Belabbes Benkredda, Quartz, 21 June 2019
  • Ring $58 at amyojewelry.com This ring comes engraved with the message of your choice.
    Sarah Lyon, goodhousekeeping.com, 17 May 2023
  • The vendor engraved my first name on it, spelled it wrong, and wrote it crooked.
    Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Pick a quote to engrave, plus the deceased person's name and years of life.
    Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 24 May 2022
  • His full name has since been engraved on a space left open at the time of his burial.
    The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The finished bell is engraved with the Paris 2024 emblem.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The $10 brick will still be in effect for those not wanting to engrave them.
    Sam Boyer, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The capsule is engraved in gold with the Queen Elizabeth Rose, named for the late Queen.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2023
  • At the fur district, her mother would get her name engraved on the inside of the coats.
    Essence, 5 Feb. 2024
  • At that time, the medals were engraved with images of Olympians shaking hands.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The time when a tourist was caught engraving his name on the Colosseum in Rome.
    Lolita Mang, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2024

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