Example Sentences

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The toll of its re-entry into earth’s atmosphere has etched and discolored some of these.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Now, in the kind of serendipitous turn only October can create, Klein has etched his name into World Series lore.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

Introduced in the second half, Frawley has etched his name into Irish rugby folklore after condemning South Africa to their first defeat at Kings Park since 2016.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2024

“The one you barely recognize, the one whose face war has etched its tiniest details into.”

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2023

Time with an unsteady hand has etched thin crooked lines, and, deepening the hollows, has cast the original expression into shadow. 

From Pageant of Summer by Jefferies, Richard