How to Use invert in a Sentence

invert

verb
  • The lens inverts the image.
  • The number 9 looks like an inverted 6.
  • Naqvi took these ideas and inverted them.
    — Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Rinse the shell with hot water and invert to allow the shell to dry.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Carefully invert the pan, plate and all, so that the ijeh ends up on the plate.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Start with the first bit of the first string on the list and invert it—that’ll be the first bit of your new string.
    — WIRED, 29 Oct. 2023
  • For each slice, invert the skin and slice it off; transfer the mango cubes to a bowl.
    — Janelle Davis, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Start with the first bit of the first string on the list and invert it — that’ll be the first bit of your new string.
    — Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Press the skin to invert, exposing the cubes.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
  • After a minute or two, invert the panel and press it onto the foam.
    — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Run a knife around the edges and then carefully invert it onto a large plate.
    — Kate Krader, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Run a small knife around cakes to loosen and carefully invert onto a plate.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Spieth’s only play was to invert a sand wedge and play it left-handed.
    — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Let cool in the pan 10 minutes, then invert on a cake cooling rack.
    — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • That sequence is starting to invert.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This time, the agency was inverted.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Let cool 5 minutes, then invert onto a cake plate and remove pan.
    — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
  • After half-time, the picture inverts.
    — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • An open-air concert in the middle of a capital city inverts all of that.
    — Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Rub a lemon wedge around one-half of the outer rim of a rocks glass, then invert the glass into a dish of coarse salt.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Fill it with water, invert it into the soil, and let gravity do the rest.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Run a knife around edges of cake before inverting onto a baking sheet.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Run an offset spatula around sides of cake to loosen, then invert out onto rack.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Run a knife around sides of cake, invert cake onto a plate and then flip onto another plate.
    — Sutanya Dacres, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The yield curve even briefly inverted this year, meaning that short-term rates were higher than long-term bond yields.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Once cool, run a knife along the edge of the pan to release cake, then invert onto the rack to remove from the pan.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2021
  • The parchment should pull off cleanly after the cake has been inverted.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 June 2023
  • The problem of increasing bots hasn't been solved since then, but it has been inverted.
    — Kaustubh Phatak, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Discard parchment, and invert again onto wire rack with pecan topping up.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Run a paring knife around the pan to loosen the cake, then invert directly onto the rack and lift off the pan.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021

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