carved figure
Example Sentences
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His carved figure of the revolutionary Cuban poet José Martí, body caked with mud, glass eyes gleaming, hand gripping a machete like a Diogenes lamp, has haunted me ever since.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022
The carved figure is wearing tunic-like clothing which ends above the knee.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2022
Of all the tombstones we saw that Saturday afternoon, only one still includes the unique carved figure that once rested at the top of most of the stones.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2021
The mask one admires in the museum once had a dancer's head inside it; the carved figure embodies meanings that are entirely based on gesture and posture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Straight ahead, instead of a stone image of a God or Goddess, hung a wooden cross with a carved figure of Yesu, bleeding, with thorns wound around his head.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
