A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
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Many of the names who dreamed up these wonders are now etched in design history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
A date etched in the memories of AFC Wimbledon fans after their side won promotion to League One by beating Walsall at Wembley in the play-off final.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The herky-jerky, unceasing Children of the Hydra’s Teeth are all memorable menace, their details etched deep into the film stock by the punishing midday sun of the Mediterranean.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
We are presented, for instance, with some of the many graffiti that were etched into the walls of backrooms and stairwells where enslaved people made their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Patterns etched into the top and sides flared with light every so often, as if it held energy too powerful to be contained.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
