How to Use etching in a Sentence

etching

noun

• One, made with tiny hash marks, looks almost like an etching.
  — Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
• The man then appears to make his escape with the etching in his right hand.
  — Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2019
• But there's been talk of threats and ominous etchings on shell casings.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
• For a more durable comb, use the etching technique to remove skin but keep the flesh, like the bee shapes.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2023
• Learn the art of glass etching and create a fall or winter centerpiece.
  — The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2022
• Copper plate etchings were his medium of choice, using a hand press to create prints.
  — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2020
• The hollowed parts of the etching are lacquered in black, and the rest is lacquered in yellow.
  — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• More of a special occasion splurge, Moms will love the sweet etching.
  — Jami Supsic, Country Living, 2 May 2022
• So the etching might wear off sooner, in a year or several years, and would then need to be redone.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
• And the camel etchings give clues to the circumstances of the encounters.
  — Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025
• And cat-eye glasses — created to fit etchings and rhinestones on their edges — emerged.
  — Brittany Britto, baltimoresun.com, 1 June 2017
• Experts say the etchings were engraved there to ward off evil, trap demons and—in one case—curse an enemy.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
• Visitors to the site can take a piece of paper and use a pencil to create an etching of a name.
  — Haley Victory Smith, Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2021
• Her 60-pound etching press made the trip across the Southwest with her and her new husband.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
• An unexpected trick of light also casts the images on the floor in front of the first four etchings.
  — Siobhan Morrissey, miamiherald, 13 Oct. 2017
• The nucleation point is a tiny etching at the bottom of a glass that acts as a kickstarter for bubbles.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
• Park officials say the etching is more than 2 feet wide and about 1 1/2feet tall.
  — USA TODAY, 14 June 2019
• People like the knurling on the grip, the roughness of the crosshatch etching on the barrel.
  — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
• On one tree, for example, Getler points to the simple etching of a face under a hat.
  — Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
• Yet the etching spoils cowries’ value on the collectors’ market.
  — Sarah Kaplan, The Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2017
• Stone markers still exist, pointing the way to this or that city center with the etching deep inside the rock.
  — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2019
• Allow the etching cream to remain on the mirror for at least 10 minutes.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• See a few of the original etchings which inspired the series, below.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 18 Feb. 2019
• Triggers and events in the present can bring us back to core struggles that exist like stone etchings deeply ingrained in our psyche.
  — Alex Wagner, SPIN, 26 May 2023
• These make faint etchings on the underside of skis; a groove in a vinyl album is a gouge by comparison.
  — Author: David Segal, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2018
• The etchings had been in the family for roughly a century.
  — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 27 Feb. 2026
• Hughes added aluminum railings and a faux-window next to the entry with an etching of a lighthouse.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2019
• These guys are the outlines of the etching of the 49ers’ roster foundation.
  — Tim Kawakami, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2017
• For deeper etching, a polishing compound and pad may restore the finish.
  — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 25 July 2026
• The temple tips have an etching of Ariel’s silhouette and other symbols of her life under the sea.
  — Robin Raven, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023