carven
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Conducted by the long scarlet-robed figure of Cardinal Merry del Val, Archpriest of the Basilica, they admired painted ceilings and gigantic carven cherubs, knelt above the Tomb of the Apostles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yellow-garmented Buddhist priests chanted prayers, thumbed beads, whirred carven prayer wheels.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his curiously carven and vivid luggage were layers of sumptuous fabrics, great coils and shining lumps of jewelry.
From Time Magazine Archive
No carven motto is more obvious than that above the Supreme Court bench: "Eyes and ears are poor witnesses when the soul is barbarous."
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The eyes were hollow and the carven beard was broken, but about the high stern forehead there was a coronal of silver and gold.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
