How to Use inscription in a Sentence

inscription

noun
  • Have your kid add their own thoughts as an inscription or on a card.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2023
  • As for that base and inscription?
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The inscription says only with love, and both of their names.
    — Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The cuffs had an inscription with the name of the jail where Moore worked.
    — Ben Brasch, ajc, 30 June 2018
  • Books that friends chose for us, writing inscriptions and dates.
    — Amanda Walker, AL.com, 3 May 2018
  • Black spray paint was daubed on the face of the statue and over the inscription on the base.
    — Mark Morales, CNN, 25 June 2021
  • Below the bell is a plaque with an inscription that each patient reads.
    — Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The trophy, about half of its inscription space blank, sits at his feet, which are propped up on a desk.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
  • Please explain what this woman wants - all this inscriptions from her face.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • While some parts of the inscriptions can be seen with the naked eye, others are too faint to detect.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Each had an inscription written in the game’s alien language.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The inscription was placed face upward and the stone was exposed to heavy foot traffic.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Only the inscriptions, which include a ship and a sacred heart, set it apart from the rest.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Above them the inscription records that the contest was a draw; both have been granted a reprieve.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The inscription on each brick can be up to three lines with 14 characters per line.
    — Forrest Sellers, Cincinnati.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • This sort of piece is terra incognito to us, but the inscription on the back and the mark help a great deal.
    — Star Tribune, 28 July 2020
  • In addition to the inscriptions, olpai (a type of jug) and lamps were found in the prison’s east aisle.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Part of the inscription ended up being carved backward, which the artist tried to hide with a bit of filler and paint.
    — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 12 May 2022
  • The runic inscriptions and the pictographs on the barn walls are all very well, but why is there a live bear locked in a wooden cage?
    — N.b., The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • Some of the inscriptions appeared to be in Cyrillic.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The inscriptions are described as the graffiti of their time.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The inscription was found inside a home that may have belonged to one of the man’s supporters or friends.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The bouquet almost covers a short inscription at the bottom of the stone.
    — Tyrone Beason, The Seattle Times, 20 Sep. 2017
  • But Young says the smaller inscriptions on bullets could be harder to make sense of.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The inscription will include the names of the pitcher and hitter, the pitch speed, and the outcome of the play.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Those images that have an inscription naming the type provide the starting point.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Does that Latin inscription say something about the Great Schism?
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Thanks to a Latin inscription, experts have no doubts the coin shows the Christian saint.
    — Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026
  • According to the inscription, Crescens died at the age of 14 years and nine hours.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The extras are made in the same batch as the originals but don't come with an inscription for the sport, like other medals do.
    — NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024

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