Example Sentences

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At these concerts, as throughout the season, there was a sense that Geffen Hall, rather than bringing together this mass of instruments in a blooming blend, was etching the sound, hard, in the air.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

The same year, Taiwan Semiconductor was etching shapes less than half that size onto scores of millions of chips for Apple.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

I think I noticed for the first time then that the Potts affair was etching lines into Solon's face.

From The Boss of Little Arcady by Wilson, Harry Leon

“I just adore that bead-loom you made, Zan,” now said May Randall, working industriously at the chest she was etching in pyrography.

From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

That was etching his past rather too sharply.

From The Guarded Heights by Camp, Wadsworth