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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Drugmakers know their monopoly on a new treatment will be temporary—typically only enjoying about 12-14 years of effective market exclusivity—which pushes them to keep inventing rather than coasting on old pharmaceuticals.
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Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
This is a pioneering use of old, ephemeral tech to invent new, eternal cinema, that is so persuasive of its own whimsical worldview that to emerge 186 minutes later is to feel slightly attacked by the garish, hi-def sharpness of reality, and to wonder where all the wonder has gone.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
Magazines invented and distributed the photo shoot, created literary stars like Ta-Nehisi Coates, Malcolm Gladwell and David Foster Wallace.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025
As a baby, back almost before goats were invented, my blood-curdling screams eventually revealed a cow milk allergy (and convinced my parents not to have more children).
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
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Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
This is a pioneering use of old, ephemeral tech to invent new, eternal cinema, that is so persuasive of its own whimsical worldview that to emerge 186 minutes later is to feel slightly attacked by the garish, hi-def sharpness of reality, and to wonder where all the wonder has gone.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
Magazines invented and distributed the photo shoot, created literary stars like Ta-Nehisi Coates, Malcolm Gladwell and David Foster Wallace.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025
As a baby, back almost before goats were invented, my blood-curdling screams eventually revealed a cow milk allergy (and convinced my parents not to have more children).
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 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 27 Aug. 2025.
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