carven

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Yellow-garmented Buddhist priests chanted prayers, thumbed beads, whirred carven prayer wheels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Behind the eyes, under the suave casque of carven hair are, beyond doubt, the thoughts of the Marchioness of Cholmondeley.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most noticeable evidence: a change in manikins from a shiny waxwork sisterhood with open-eyed little smiles to papier-m�ch�, wire mesh or carven effigies of the dangling, mask-faced glamor girl.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Justice, a carven figure in a twisted courtroom, is relentless.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pippin saw his carven face with its proud bones and skin like ivory, and the long curved nose between the dark deep eyes; and he was reminded not so much of Boromir as of Aragorn.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien