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

Our recent reckoning with American history has shown the indelible impact of staid forms of institutional power, like dedicating monuments, inscribing plaques and holding hearings.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2022

He lobbied her for several days, even inscribing a copy of his book, Infections and Inequalities, “For Peggy McAvoy with a big hug of solidarity and with high hopes for your help in Haiti.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French