Example Sentences

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Just as the previous Year of the Ox, Apple is engraving a special emoji on the AirPods Pro case — this time, themed for the Year of the Tiger.

From The Verge • Jan. 3, 2022

No one is engraving Oscars or Emmys yet.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2021

He worked on oil paintings, pencil drawings, water colors and scrimshaw, which is engraving or carving designs into bone or ivory.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2016

Charles Heath is engraving the drawing taken from Wyon’s City medal, by H. Corbould, intended for the adhesive stamp. 

From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John

A higher art than cutting is engraving on glass, by which the figures are brought out in relief.

From Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Stockton, Frank Richard