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chiselled

verb as in cut, wear away

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Dr. Christian Jessen, the chiselled face of Embarrassing Bodies, cites a number of reasons.

After a bit, he shut up and remained hunched over the wheel, his face as white and stiff as though chiselled from marble.

A tremor, a wind of the spirit, seemed passing over all those chiselled faces.

She looked up, and a noble peace seemed to descend and calm her face, till it was 'stiller than chiselled marble.'

He chiselled upon the stone the following simple and touching line: "She can't get back."

The bedstead is covered with heavy chiselled ornaments in brass, and surmounted by a canopy held on pillars.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to chiselled, such as: carve, hew, sculpture, shape, incise, and sculpt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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