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chisel

noun as in shaping tool

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verb as in cut, wear away

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Larry’s the pragmatic choice, but Luke is the romantic one, down to his handsome, chiseled features right out of a supermarket paperback.

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Zhong likens this to a sculptor chiseling away at marble until the final form emerges.

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I’ve heard that some souvenir hunters were caught hanging around near Cleopatra’s Needle late at night with hammers and chisels.

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The marks of chisels and other hand tools are prominent across all their surfaces, which appear sleek from a distance, making for an exciting juxtaposition between material and method.

But when he has more time, he prefers snorkeling in riverbeds where he chisels into bedrock.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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