How to Use inscription in a Sentence

inscription

noun

• The cuffs had an inscription with the name of the jail where Moore worked.
  — Ben Brasch, ajc, 30 June 2018
• Black spray paint was daubed on the face of the statue and over the inscription on the base.
  — Mark Morales, CNN, 25 June 2021
• The inscription will include the names of the pitcher and hitter, the pitch speed, and the outcome of the play.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 28 Jan. 2024
• Alex smoothed her hand over the inscription on its edge.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2022
• Maybe her younger eyes could read the third inscription.
  — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2022
• The inscription says only with love, and both of their names.
  — Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
• Have your kid add their own thoughts as an inscription or on a card.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2023
• This sort of piece is terra incognito to us, but the inscription on the back and the mark help a great deal.
  — Star Tribune, 28 July 2020
• The inscription in Latin notes the year of the building’s construction: 1925.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2018
• In addition to the inscriptions, olpai (a type of jug) and lamps were found in the prison’s east aisle.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2024
• The trophy, about half of its inscription space blank, sits at his feet, which are propped up on a desk.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• The runic inscriptions and the pictographs on the barn walls are all very well, but why is there a live bear locked in a wooden cage?
  — N.b., The Economist, 4 July 2019
• According to the inscription on the back, it was presented to Daniel Battaglia, who lived in the town in 1942.
  — Fox News, 20 Apr. 2018
• Part of the inscription ended up being carved backward, which the artist tried to hide with a bit of filler and paint.
  — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 12 May 2022
• Only the inscriptions, which include a ship and a sacred heart, set it apart from the rest.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2020
• Carved on it is the looping inscription of a name: Powell.
  — Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2024
• Does that Latin inscription say something about the Great Schism?
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2021
• Pay no attention to the plaque on the building and the inscription in the lobby's tile floor that say the restaurant was built in 1880.
  — NOLA.com, 3 Jan. 2018
• Heck, the Dodgers could even save money on his inscription.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• The swirled pastel marble print and psalm inscription makes this a stylish choice to tote around all day long.
  — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 3 Aug. 2022
• Huffine proudly pointed to an inscription — the year 1956 and his mother's name — at the bottom of the quilt.
  — Louisville Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal, 28 June 2018
• Before the inscription was found, King Teti was thought to have only two wives, Iput and Khuit.
  — Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2021
• About 400 stones have been found with ogham inscriptions, the oldest dating back to the fourth to sixth centuries A.D.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 May 2024
• The inscription on each brick can be up to three lines with 14 characters per line.
  — Forrest Sellers, Cincinnati.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• Books that friends chose for us, writing inscriptions and dates.
  — Amanda Walker, AL.com, 3 May 2018
• The extras are made in the same batch as the originals but don't come with an inscription for the sport, like other medals do.
  — NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
• The stone, according to the Greek inscription, was a decree.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
• When the new sections were added, the headstones were reversed so that the inscriptions faced the remains rather than the flagpole.
  — arkansasonline.com, 14 Sep. 2024
• Created more than 1,000 years ago, the ink-rubbing technique was used to make copies of ancient inscriptions or artworks.
  — Denni Hu, WWD, 12 Sep. 2024
• The inscription on the ring contains almost 250 runes, or letters in the alphabet used by the Vikings and other Germanic peoples.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024