Sentence examples for were inscribed to from inspiring English sources

"I couldn't understand why she was throwing those books out since they were inscribed to her, although they were water damaged".

The auction also includes, for example, three Winnie-the-Pooh books that belonged to the real Christopher Robin and were inscribed to him by his father, the author A. A. Milne.

Several books, like the 321-page tome that he owned about ant communities, were picked out with his daughter Jean, a nature lover, in mind, while books about music were inscribed to Clara.

Some of them were inscribed ("To Edith Wharton in sympathy," James wrote enigmatically in a copy of "The Golden Bowl"), and many others — from the poetry of Shelley to gardening manuals — were marked up with pencilled ticks and underlinings in Wharton's tidy hand.

The book was inscribed "To Paul" and dated 1953.

A silver tray on a corner table was inscribed "To John Huston, One Hell of a Guy.

A framed watercolor of a picnic meal was inscribed "To Mum from Watercolor Farm with Love".

One, by Paul Theroux, had been inscribed to the Trinidad-born writer by the author, who was an old friend.

Books by Langston Hughes ($300 to $500 for three) are inscribed to her: "Loved your songs tonight," he wrote in 1950.

On one side of the paper is inscribed: "To my loving good friend and countryman, Mr. Wm.

At the end of that visit, he presented his yoga teacher with a watch on the back of which was inscribed, "To my best violin teacher, BKS Iyengar".