chisel

Failure is fatal only when the chisel is abandoned and despair prevails.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

“CMS is continuing to chisel away at higher spending associated with coding intensity,” says Tricia Neuman, executive director for the Program on Medicare Policy at KFF, a health policy nonprofit.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

They stooped to cut the right-size stalks at the base with a sudden jab of an asparagus knife, a tool that resembles a fireplace poker with a forked chisel tip instead of a point.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024

Finally, he was able to chisel out the embedded trunk handle to open it, clambering in and driving his Model Y Long Range S.U.V. five miles to the closet supercharging station.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

It was strong and calloused, a sculptor’s hand that knew hard hours of work with hammer and chisel.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Even the chisels -- straight, curved or zigzag, depending on the motif -- are made here.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

"We used big chisels on the end of broom handles. A bit like gardening hoes. You use those to stab at it and shave stuff way," explained Roche.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

One promising option is tungsten carbide, an Earth-abundant material already widely used in industrial machinery, cutting tools, and chisels.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026

The marks of chisels and other hand tools are prominent across all their surfaces, which appear sleek from a distance, making for an exciting juxtaposition between material and method.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Jon’s work table is an arsenal, there are little saws lying around, little chisels.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Propellers were being chiseled from oak, which absorbs radar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

He continues by "mewing," a TikTok trend where people suck in their cheeks and point a finger at their jawline to emphasize their chiseled features.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Or is it that the shade of his green skin makes them appear more chiseled under bright lights?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Larry’s the pragmatic choice, but Luke is the romantic one, down to his handsome, chiseled features right out of a supermarket paperback.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025

He is handsome, with sharp, chiseled features, and his skin is dark from the sun.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Bit by bit they chiselled away, and finally they made a hole large enough that they could see Fabiana.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

He shared a picture that he claimed was of himself showing his chiselled abs on the beach and claimed to be financially secure.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

He was the "full package," Mr Tracey added, "including the chiselled good looks".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

Lithe, with abs chiselled from granite and blond in his hair, he looked like WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes.

From BBC ● May 12, 2024

‘There’s no such thing as “safe” any more,’ she said, her words chiselled into arrows by her anger.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“Looksmaxxing” has men injecting themselves with unregulated peptides and hammering their jawlines, chiseling their own bone structure like Michelangelo with a front-facing camera.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

Zhong likens this to a sculptor chiseling away at marble until the final form emerges.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025

By reducing the cost of chiseling, Springut reasons, architects can once again embrace the decorative flourishes of carved stone.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2023

She notes that chiseling and sanding away at stone is also a much slower process than working with other media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2022

In the dark crypts below Winterfell, a stonemason was chiseling out his father's likeness in granite.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The team experimented with different carving and chiselling techniques and discovered fire was also an effective way to carve out the inside of the boat.

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

However, he said a local architect had "spotted its significance and got permission to save the artwork, spending a day chiselling it off the wall".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2022

He once said of the machines that “each one stamps into paper a permanent trail of imagination through keys, hammers, cloth and dye – a softer version of chiselling words into stone”.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2017

We entered frosty courts by a secret hatchway and waved wooden racquets in majestic arcs, a ceremony akin to polar explorers chiselling out ice caves.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016

Now and then the flickering firelight touched his face and showed the harsh lines of its rugged chiselling and the steadiness of his contemplative eyes.

From Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss