engrave

Example Sentences

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It took three years of training before he was allowed to engrave small pieces for customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Before, to engrave the circuits on the silicon plates used in electronic devices like mobile phones, it was necessary to use polluting chemical products.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

A love lock is a padlock couples can engrave with their names before adding to a bridge, fence or installation at a special destination.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023

I also love the fact that they could have put it in a font, in something computer-generated, but they chose to engrave it in my handwriting.

From Scientific American • Jul. 7, 2023

This was something Lexie had heard her mother say enough times—into the telephone to Mrs. McCullough, anytime the case came up—to engrave it in her mind as fact.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng