chiselled
Example Sentences
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But Marvin's confident it's helping him achieve the appearance he desires - a hollow-cheeked, chiselled profile with sharp, pointed eyes and strong jawline.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Lithe, with abs chiselled from granite and blond in his hair, he looked like WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes.
From BBC • May 12, 2024
The Frankenstein patchwork of his face has echoes of Alasdair Gray's chiselled artwork and he uses the same gentle accent and singsong voice as Gray himself.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024
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 • Nov. 25, 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
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