How to Use engrave in a Sentence

engrave

verb
  • The image was engraved on the plaque.
  • They will engrave your initials on the ring for free.
  • She had the ring engraved with her initials.
  • Some were just engraved in stone.
    — Simon Bland, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The date code is engraved on the plug prongs.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Choose the shade, pick a case, and engrave it just for mom.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The closed case back is engraved with a map of the world’s oceans.
    — Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Virginia’s engraved on the side of it.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 May 2026
  • The stones are engraved with names and carry birth and death years, too.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2024
  • The left is deeply engraved; the right — a replica — is acid-etched.
    — Laurencia Ciprus, courant.com, 18 May 2018
  • His full name has since been engraved on a space left open at the time of his burial.
    — The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
  • His full name has since been engraved on a space left open at the time of his burial.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 22 Apr. 2023
  • But the future of the public sphere is not engraved in stone.
    — Belabbes Benkredda, Quartz, 21 June 2019
  • There will also be new headstones engraved for the men who were hanged.
    — David Martin, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The phone is engraved with a swastika, as well as Hitler's name.
    — Sammy Nickalls, Esquire, 3 Feb. 2017
  • Benny's prize was a gold watch with his flag emblem engraved on the back.
    — Author: Ann Cameron Siegal, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The ring now bears both women's wedding dates engraved side by side.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • Pick a quote to engrave, plus the deceased person's name and years of life.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 24 May 2022
  • And don’t miss the wall of glass beer mugs engraved with the names of the bar’s many regulars.
    — Melissa Rayworth, Houston Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Names engraved on objects no one uses.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Their names are engraved on the Stanley Cup.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Danny Estes from Gary, are engraved on that stone.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2026
  • The tongues and lyrics of these two rappers are forever engraved in our hearts.
    — Marie Claire, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Look under Taylor's hand at the words engraved on the throne.
    — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Some hand stencils are engraved into the wall rather than painted on.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Each watch also features the team’s logo engraved on the case back.
    — Roberta Naas, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Many are contained in wooden boxes with brass plates engraved with the names of the dead.
    — Sam Wood, Philly.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • At the fur district, her mother would get her name engraved on the inside of the coats.
    — Essence, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Their names remain engraved on a cement wall at the entrance.
    — Tassanee Vejpongsa, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • His name, though, wasn’t engraved on the Stanley Cup.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 May 2026

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