carving

Example Sentences

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Three interconnected catwalks stretch into the audience, carving the space into small compartments.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

It’s got two young lovers carving their names into car seat leather, and it’s got a girl trying to impress her boyfriend’s older sister with her cynical humor and her taste in yacht rock.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

He is among the workers who have embraced “microshifting,” or carving their day into short chunks of work, with intentional breaks for family time or personal replenishment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The second artifact was a much smaller piece of willow or poplar wood that also showed evidence of carving and possible use by humans.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Baba was bending over a large pile of wood, which he seemed to be carving as part of a wide veranda on the new building.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins