invent

Example Sentences

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As much as Silicon Valley hucksters are vying to invent a cure for death, I doubt we’ll see that in the near future.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Or that Roger Bacon, an Oxford friar and one of the first to write about the optics of eyeglasses, was imprisoned for attempting to invent them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Customers risk having their claim rejected, their policy cancelled and potential prosecution if they invent or exaggerate a claim.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Maybe the dress on her seems so effortless that people want to invent a way to complicate it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

“So he didn’t invent it. He discovered it.”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman