- present participle of invent.
inventing
Example Sentences
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Because the more Seemiller studies Gen Z, the more she finds a generation responding rationally to the world it inherited — not inventing entirely new values out of thin air.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
He’s made a movie about Odysseus’ remorse for inventing the Trojan horse without a crucial scene: the moment he invents it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Rather than inventing caregiving from nothing, evolution may have expanded feeding behavior so that animals became motivated to provide nourishment to their offspring as well as themselves.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
My ancestors arrived with uncertainty and hope, welcomed by a country still inventing itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
On the drive home, try as they might, her daughters could not engage their mother in conversation, for inspired by what she had just seen, Laura had begun inventing.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
