carven
Example Sentences
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Behind the eyes, under the suave casque of carven hair are, beyond doubt, the thoughts of the Marchioness of Cholmondeley.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Justice, a carven figure in a twisted courtroom, is relentless.
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
In their ruddy jackets of leather, the twelve members appeared before their stately lord where he sat in a carven chair in his long red room.
From Time Magazine Archive
Down a long narrow veranda they went, the roofs supported by delicate carven posts, and into a hall the like of which Wang Lung had never seen.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
