graven

Example Sentences

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He believed he had created graven images of false idols with his art, and he gave up a teaching position at East Los Angeles College.

From Los Angeles Times

Those included condemnation of just the sort of graven imagery his son would later master for the Church of Rome and its royal cohorts in Habsburg Spain.

From Los Angeles Times

They even introduced a blemish into the carving to address our concerns with the biblical injunction against graven images.

From Washington Post

There are also frequent views of Stibbert’s notable collection of Japanese arms and armor — among the first in the West — such as a 15th-century tanto, or samurai sword, whose blade is graven with watery calligraphy.

From New York Times

The law states that “the memorial to the heroes of the Confederate States of America graven upon the face of Stone Mountain shall never be altered, removed, concealed, or obscured in any fashion.”

From Seattle Times