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Examples of emboss in a Sentence
People Staff, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
Each bottle is embossed with steel from the World Trade Center towers.
—cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
Each of the shimmery new shades is named for a different part of the museum’s Richelieu Wing, and the sculpture of the Greek poet Corine housed there is embossed in the makeup and appears on the case.
—Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Aug. 2023
Each morning, 125 students in grades nine through 12, all from the local Romani community, enter the school grounds beneath a brass plaque embossed in both Hungarian and Hindi.
—Marc Loustau, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2023
The flag should not be embroidered, printed, or embossed on cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything that will be discarded.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
Mollison inspects the new cutlery that just arrived from David Mellor in London — embossed with Superfrico’s mascot, the Penguin.
—Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2023
The first edition comes in a moss green hardcover case embossed with a leaf pattern and a golden heron, with an outer cover made of craft paper.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 18 July 2023
Carlos Barria—Reuters Jessica Castillo, a Resolution Copper employee, wears a belt buckle with mine shaft 10 embossed on it at the company's facility in Superior, Ariz. on March 30, 2021.
—Time, 17 July 2023
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Word History
Verb (1)
Middle English embosen, from Middle French embocer, from en- + boce boss
Verb (2)
Middle English embosen to become exhausted from being hunted, ultimately from Anglo-French bois woods
Verb (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Emboss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emboss. Accessed 22 Sep. 2023.
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