etch

How to use etch in a sentence

For the last time I referred to the map, pulpy and blurred with the day's exposure, and tried to etch it into my brain.

The light tints come out very soft and smooth, but the black tones etch "flat" and lose all detail.

Then, I love to etch, particularly on noses, and that was a good big one.

DAISYMIRANDA ELIOT SWAN

I do not know at what date my mother began to etch on copper.

MISCELLANEAJULIANA HORATIA EWING

She ate daintily, and as we talked, I studied her face as if I would etch it on my memory forever.

THE TRAIL OF '98ROBERT W. SERVICE

Warming with his theme, Hazlitt goes on in his essay to etch one memorable evening at the 'Southampton.'

Such delicacy of features and perfect coloring are rare, and faces so beautiful etch deep on one's memory.

A SPECKLED BIRDAUGUSTA J. EVANS WILSON

It is often asserted that any one can etch who can draw, but this is a mistaken assertion likely to mislead.

They etch their sharp lines upon the sky; and near them grow flowers of stature, including the lofty yellow lily.

The pictures were in such demand that Cruikshank sat up all night to etch another plate.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985