Sentence examples for etched itself from inspiring English sources

Bartleby's famous remark "I prefer not to" is spoken by a recalcitrant shipmate on an early cruise ("the phrase etched itself in H M's brain"), while Moby-Dick's Captain Ahab springs from the tale of a monomaniac whaling captain overheard one night on deck ("the narrative sunk deep in Herman's memory").

Its closure in April was equally singular, with New Zealand's governor general and what seemed like half the country's government flown out on a Hercules military plane from Dubai, to say goodbye to a valley that has firmly etched itself into the consciousness of the distant nation.

It was an event that has firmly etched itself in the fabric of American popular culture.

A decade ago, without any noticeable preamble, the question, "What if Margaret Mead and Amelia Earhart were lovers?" etched itself into the very core of my being.

This is to say nothing of Witherspoon, whose manic performance etched itself among the greatest screen characters of the '90s, nor director Alexander Payne, who would soon become one of Hollywood's most respected auteurs.

The corrosive myth of the Bad Boy Tamed by Love had already etched itself into my consciousness; it sort of has to, when you are a young woman surrounded by dope-smoking, affection-shirking men.

The more physically impossible the proportions, the greater the power of the image to etch itself onto the pop cultural consciousness.

Founded in 1945 near Macclesfield, Jodrell Bank began to etch itself into the public consciousness when its instantly recognisable, 76-metre-diameter Lovell telescope was used to track the Soviet Sputnik I satellite mission in 1957.

With a very few isolated exceptions, however, the 2007 World Cup neglected an entire dimension of the game, the one that etches itself most deeply into the collective memory and which used to be represented by the French in the days when their forwards and backs tossed the ball around as if rugby were also a matter of speed and sleight of hand, of improvisation and joy.

The spooky face etches itself in orange as if by a ghost thanks to stop-motion magic.

Viewed from the 101 freeway, the logo etches itself into the landscape of Hollywood, making sure passing motorists know who is in charge here.