How to Use tattoo in a Sentence

tattoo

1 of 2 noun
  • Then added the tattoos and the eyes.
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 18 June 2026
  • The tattoo could wait till the next day.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Where do tattoos hurt the most?
    — Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2025
  • He's got tattoos, likes to work out.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The hair, the tattoos, the body.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • Her shorts showed off her brand-new leg tattoo.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Kat has long, wavy hair and limb-length tattoos.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a dab, a song, a joke about a tattoo.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2026
  • There is also a tattoo on the left side of his face.
    — Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Looking for a quick and fun tattoo this week?
    — Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Jonas has a matching tattoo on his arm.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
  • One such option is a spray tan tattoo.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Why are his tattoos placed so evenly apart like a wall of flash?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
  • New tattoo in honor of those kids?
    — Lauren Silbert, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • New tattoo in honor of those kids?
    — Lauren Silbert, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Her left hand has two smiley face tattoos.
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Many of them will be showing their tattoos.
    — Gustavo Morello, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
  • Misha paints images and has them on his body in the form of tattoos.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Not of his face, but of his chest, etched with his only tattoo.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The tattoo starts at the top of the thigh and goes to just below the calf.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The man’s face, clothing, shoes and tattoo were seen in the footage.
    — Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Her arms were covered in tattoos.
    — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Bey's tattoo has since been altered.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Hers ran from the back of her neck to the top of her spine; his was among his arm tattoos.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The Nazi tattoo is covered up by his hand.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
  • This is the story of the man behind the tattoos.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In fact, one of his many tattoos was inspired by one of his travels.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Rodgers lifted his right pant leg and revealed a fresh tattoo on his calf.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Grimes has long expressed her desire for a face tattoo.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Most of my tattoos have little to no meaning.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026

tattoo

2 of 2 verb
  • His lips had been tattooed pink.
    — Steven Gray, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Lane even tattooed that name onto the top part of a hand.
    — Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But not many of us would tattoo the delicious treat on our faces.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The fenced cage still has eight sides, and its walls and mat are still tattooed with sponsors.
    — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • Matheson has their names tattooed on him, the first hint that his love for his kids runs deep.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 26 June 2026
  • Every detail is tattooed on my brain.
    — Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Your tattoo guy will tattoo your eyelids.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The kids' names are tattooed in birth order on Barker's back.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • My top-surgery scars are tattooed over, the suture marks no longer visible.
    — Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Tasmania has tattooed me with loss and grief and wonder.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Both parents’ arms are tattooed with their daughter’s drawings.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
  • But fair is fair, and Offset then got to tattoo his wife, using the same date for her hand, of course.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Huseby, who is 6-foot-1 and 220 pounds, has a beard, and tattoos up and down his arms and neck.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
  • And the trick play has been tattooed on fans' bodies, printed on T-shirts and been the subject of murals.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • There, artists will tattoo customers, compete against each other and connect with prospective clients.
    — Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Tattoos good, Nazi tattoos better.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Another fan tattooed the image onto his body.
    — Elena Clavarino, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Many people were tattooed — not just full sleeves on arms, but designs covering heads and every appendage.
    — Simbarashe Cha, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Razzouk claims to have some of the 500-year-old wood planks his family used for tattooing.
    — Gustavo Morello, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The play lives on, literally tattooed on Robinson’s body.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The admission came after Umansky seemed stumped on how many tattoos his spouse currently has.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
  • New infrared imaging of these bodies now shows that this wasn’t accurate, and all four bodies had been tattooed, researchers said.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 31 July 2025
  • And while Victoria also had David's initials tattooed on her wrist, she's since removed all of her ink.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • More than 300 inmates have been tattooed at the prison’s tattoo shop, which is located in a back room in the prison’s laundry area.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Fun platform has seen people pay strangers to perform life-altering tasks, like tattooing meme coins on their foreheads or quitting their jobs.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 23 June 2026
  • The great Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka had the words tattooed onto his forearm.
    — Thomas Swick september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Scientists in Switzerland used a mouse model to trace what happens after tattooing.
    — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
  • His forearm is tattooed with the numbers in Planck’s constant, which was fixed in 2019 in work that he was involved in.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
  • The surprise was that Cardi B would be tattooing her husband instead of his normal tattoo artist.
    — Molly Mulshine, ELLE, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The cashier, whose purplish eyebrows had been tattooed to her forehead, used a rag to handle the black candles, placing them in a paper bag and handing them to her customer.
    — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023

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