How to Use invent in a Sentence

invent

verb

• We found out that he had invented the stories he told us about his military service.
• She is credited with inventing a procedure that has helped to save thousands of lives.
• She invented a clever excuse.
• Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.
• The ones that break all the rules, the ones that invent new ones.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• The goal there is to not try to change or re-invent the wheel.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2021
• Now is the perfect time to invent your own fresh twist.
  — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 2 Apr. 2025
• Chuck Berry didn’t invent rock and roll, at least not alone.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2020
• Now keep in mind the former head coach didn’t invent it.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2021
• Young didn’t invent the idea of serving a platter of fried wings, of course.
  — Matthew Korfhage, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
• If the 2020 Vikings didn't exist, the ghost of Pete Rozelle would invent them.
  — Jim Souhan, Star Tribune, 6 Dec. 2020
• For the most part, Mr. Van Drine does not invent these poses.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2021
• Who is to judge the winner in a contest that must invent itself over and over?
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 31 July 2023
• And in 2009, the anonymous Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin and the blockchain.
  — Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 5 June 2023
• Then in 1971, two years after the game was invented, one was found.
  — Alex Stone, Quanta Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
• In fact, this hot sauce's claim to fame is that it was used to invent Buffalo wings.
  — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2023
• Facebook, the iPhone and YouTube had not yet been invented.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
• But that will not stop Trump from inventing one from scratch.
  — Jon D. Michaels, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
• Even then, had to quasi-invent a space to finally park.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 22 Nov. 2022
• How to get in trouble with the IRS: invent a fake nanny or butler.
  — Roxana Popescu, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
• No one has to invent language or figure out how to make tools.
  — Allison Hopper, Scientific American, 5 July 2021
• Yes, Chrysler invented the minivan, but that was decades ago.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
• But that also gave Dan + Shay time to invent and refine.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2021
• Here, once again the creative sorts of people have free reign to invent this, that and the other option.
  — Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 10 July 2022
• But what if someone could invent a razor that stays sharp for six months, or even a year?
  — Eric Niiler, Wired, 6 Aug. 2020
• Wettstein likes to invent her own words to better convey her thoughts.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
• In the end we shall be forced to invent something that will be able to think faster than the AI, and that will keep it under control.
  — Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 21 June 2022
• Some debate has been put forth as to whether or not Heron was truly the first to invent the aeolipile.
  — Addison Nugent, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2020
• 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
• Doctor Who already pushes strange sci-fi concepts to their limit – this is the show that invented the phrase 'timey-wimey' after all – but this season arguably pushes things further than ever.
  — Ryan Woodrow, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025