invented; inventing; invents
1
: to produce (something, such as a useful device or process) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment
2
: to devise by thinking : fabricate
Examples of invent in a Sentence
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.
She is credited with inventing a procedure that has helped to save thousands of lives.
She invented a clever excuse.
We found out that he had invented the stories he told us about his military service.
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And what if an amazing Jewish émigré scientist—Richard Dreyfuss, say—had already invented the technology?
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
The exhibit itself — on display until Feb. 2026 — chronicles more than 200 years of social dance in the city, highlighting dances that were either invented, reinvented or made famous in the five boroughs.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
Now, the Entity intends to annihilate humanity in four days unless it can be taken offline by a key that accesses a gizmo in the Arctic Sea that connects to a whatsit that Ving Rhames’s weary Luther is attempting to invent from a makeshift hospital bed somewhere in the subway tunnels of London.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
This is just more fake news from media outlets determined to invent conflicts of interest that don't exist.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 14 May 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
The exhibit itself — on display until Feb. 2026 — chronicles more than 200 years of social dance in the city, highlighting dances that were either invented, reinvented or made famous in the five boroughs.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
Now, the Entity intends to annihilate humanity in four days unless it can be taken offline by a key that accesses a gizmo in the Arctic Sea that connects to a whatsit that Ving Rhames’s weary Luther is attempting to invent from a makeshift hospital bed somewhere in the subway tunnels of London.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
This is just more fake news from media outlets determined to invent conflicts of interest that don't exist.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for invent
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“Invent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invent. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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