INSCRIPTION in a Sentence
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40 example sentences for INSCRIPTION, such as:
1. The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.
2. There are no inscriptions or markings to identify the tombs.
3. This inscription is written at the bottom of the large stone block.
4. Time and weather had long ago effaced the inscription on the monument.
5. He led the way to a glass case in a corner, and pointed to the inscription.
2. There are no inscriptions or markings to identify the tombs.
3. This inscription is written at the bottom of the large stone block.
4. Time and weather had long ago effaced the inscription on the monument.
5. He led the way to a glass case in a corner, and pointed to the inscription.
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Meanings and Examples of INSCRIPTION
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inscription
n. a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
n. the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
Classic Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 The German name of the victim, the absence of all other motive, and the sinister inscription on the wall, all pointed to its perpetration by political refugees and revolutionists.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2 When the inscription was discovered upon the wall I was more inclined than ever to my opinion.
3 There seemed to be some very minute inscription on it; for the Jew laid it flat upon the table, and shading it with his hand, pored over it, long and earnestly.
4 When I had taken the copy, I rubbed out the marks, but, two mornings later, a fresh inscription had appeared.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
5 All was quiet with him, save that a long inscription had appeared that morning upon the pedestal of the sundial.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
6 He led the way to a glass case in a corner, and pointed to the inscription.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
7 Holmes and I sat together in silence all the evening, he engaged with a powerful lens deciphering the remains of the original inscription upon a palimpsest, I deep in a recent treatise upon surgery.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
8 The material of the Palace proved on examination to be indeed porcelain, and along the face of it I saw an inscription in some unknown character.
9 From the character and turn of the inscription, "Also Georgiana Wife of the Above," I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly.
10 OMER AND Joram was now written up, where OMER used to be; but the inscription, DRAPER, TAILOR, HABERDASHER, FUNERAL FURNISHER, &c.
11 Number two in the Court was soon reached; and an inscription on the door-post informing me that Mr. Traddles occupied a set of chambers on the top storey, I ascended the staircase.
12 While I was copying the plain inscription for him at his request, I saw him stoop, and gather a tuft of grass from the grave and a little earth.
13 He had just left behind a wood upon an eminence; and at the angle of the cross-road, by the side of a sort of mouldy gibbet bearing the inscription Ancient Barrier No.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
14 On the first goblet this inscription could be read, monkey wine; on the second, lion wine; on the third, sheep wine; on the fourth, hog wine.
15 In front of the Cour-Batave, a detachment of National Guards found a red flag bearing the following inscription: Republican revolution, No.
Example Sentence:
1 Time and weather had long ago effaced the inscription on the monument.
2 Your wedding ring can be engraved with a personal inscription at no extra cost.
3 The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.
4 This inscription is written at the bottom of the large stone block.
5 He'd got all that coat of arms business fixed, so now he started in to finish up the rest of that part of the work, which was to plan out a mournful inscription -- said Jim got to have one, like they all done.
6 He told the BBC that some new inscriptions had already been found, as well as ancient pottery and broken shards of Nabataean sculptures.
7 There are no inscriptions or markings to identify the tombs.