invent

Example Sentences

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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

They’re the ones that invent this stuff in the first place.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

Rebecca Black’s “Friday” didn’t invent being nasty online.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2026

“If you were a humanoid robot, would you use a screwdriver or invent a new screwdriver?” he asked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

“That’s right. We don’t know who first realized that those meanings were there, but did the similarity, the association, exist before they realized it, or not until then? Did they invent it or discover it?”

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