incised

past tense of incise

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for incised
Verb
  • To thank Murph, Wetzel bought her a pistol engraved with their names and the song’s title that took three months to make.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The case—built from wood species living in The Glen Grant Distillery’s Garden of Splendours—is engraved with Himalayan Blue Poppies, which have grown in the garden for almost 140 years.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But the Hawks’ present-day problems ripped them right back into the here and now.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Milton’s hurricane-force winds ripped trees from already soggy soils, but its historic rain also flooded neighborhoods that had never experienced waters so high.
    Jack Prator, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Of those crew members, several inscribed their favorite scriptures on the raw wall and floor before stone or stucco was applied.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Attached to the Statue of Liberty is a bronze plaque inscribed with a poem familiar to many Americans.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • So much so that movement speeds of loads (up or down) were slashed by 85% compared to common-or-garden backpacks.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The room’s layered materiality starts with ultra-plush wool carpeting carved into a unique rose-petal pattern, and a curved metal-and-fabric screen backs the bed and nightstands, dampening noise and creating a comforting space.
    Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Michelangelo lived and studied there, and the current complex, across the Arno river from the historic center of Florence, still houses the wooden crucifix carved by the Renaissance master for its basilica.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The mountain is a troll’s hat that was pierced by an arrow following a grand chase; when the sun rose, all the trolls involved in the spectacle and those watching it—plus the punctured hat—turned to stone forever, forming Torghatten and the striking array of other peaks in the region.
    Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 9 Apr. 2025
  • My first arrow had pierced his rib cage and then ripped through to lodge in a shoulder blade.
    Ray Alt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In March, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that more than 80% of all USAID grants were being permanently cut.
    Violet Ikong, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Now cuts to federal funding threaten efforts to prevent more cases and outbreaks.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Then, fearing he'd be blamed, Tripp stole a knife from the office of pastry chef Didier Gotthard (Bronson Pinchot) and used it to slit A.B.'s wrists in order to make his death look more like a suicide.
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Heat is then directed upward and outward via outlet slits on the card edges to reduce the recirculation of heated air.
    John Burek, PCMAG, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Incised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incised. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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