chiselled

Example Sentences

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He was the "full package," Mr Tracey added, "including the chiselled good looks".

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025

The caption said crews "carefully chiselled" out the cornered kitty and that it was now "safe and sound".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024

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 eight marble reliefs show finely chiselled war scenes, grape vines and palm trees.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2022

The ruins themselves weren’t that impressive: a few stone walls, a weed-choked central courtyard, a dead-end stairwell chiselled into the rock.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan