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
  • Managers will be asked to read the tea leaves and re-invent the wheel, every day.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 29 June 2020
  • 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 | Mwake@al.com, 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
  • The purpose of life wasn’t invented by the individual — it was discovered in scripture.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • The banjo itself was invented by our ancestors to bring us together as a spiritual community, stretching from those long gone, all the way to those who haven’t been born yet.
    — Essence, 29 May 2025

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