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 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 | [email protected], 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
  • 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
  • Howland didn’t invent valentines or bring them to the United States.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • This does not mean Apple will not invent something new in the future.
    — Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • Adobe is aware of the need to both improve existing products and invent new ones.
    — Peter Cohan, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
  • These people — family and strangers alike — have invented a scenario in their minds that doesn’t have a thing to do with your reality.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Henson, a home economics major, invented Kermit by building the original frog puppet out of one of his mother's coats and a ping-pong ball cut in half, UMD said.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025

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