chiselled
Example Sentences
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He had a licence to charm on screen, with his sultry voice and suave, chiselled good looks.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024
A cat that was chiselled out from between two walls by firefighters appeared more angered than relieved after its rescue.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024
The "chiselled, intense, and hard-hitting" choreography is illuminated by Bangalter's "nervous" but "lyrical" score, wrote Amaury Jacquet in Publikart.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023
He then took up a teaching position at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, where he quietly chiselled away at his passion, the statistical properties of prime numbers.
From Scientific American • Nov. 15, 2022
The walls were made of rough-hewn stone blocks chiselled with Greek inscriptions - thousands and thousands of them, like graffiti.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
