- present participle of inscribe.
inscribing
Example Sentences
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"They're inscribing something about their cosmology, their belief systems, into the earth itself in a very dramatic way."
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
The diagnostic definition has changed dramatically in that time, inscribing children with a broad range of abilities, needs and behaviors within a single term: autism spectrum disorder.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
Choosing a message is important, but so is inscribing it in the asphalt.
From Slate • Sep. 3, 2025
“I’ll never get tired of inscribing ‘The Strip Sack’ on anything I sign,” Hightower wrote.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2023
She tries to think the way she imagines Marco might have as he wrote it, picturing him inscribing each page, rendering the delicate ink branches of the tree that winds throughout the book.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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