chiselled
Example Sentences
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On 26 November 1922, he had held up a candle to peer through a tiny breach chiselled in a doorway sealed for three millennia.
From BBC
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
The eight marble reliefs show finely chiselled war scenes, grape vines and palm trees.
From BBC
Iraqi sculptor Khaled Al-Abadi's carefully chiselled engravings of lions, chariots, and birds decorate his Mosul workshop - the fulfilment of a dream to "to recreate what was demolished" during turbulent years of war.
From Reuters
He did not go on to university but wrote newspaper columns, books and scripts, composed songs, and acted in films, before moving into television, helped by his chiselled, good looks.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
