graven image

Example Sentences

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The difference here is that Jackson’s intended audience—which, again, includes the vast majority of Americans who do not keep a graven image of Antonin Scalia in their homes—does not take assertions like this seriously anymore.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2024

Here are some Jefferson quotes that visitors will not find on his memorial, a Roman pantheon-style temple to liberty where the Sage of Monticello's graven image keeps vigil over the Tidal Basin in Washington DC.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2017

The religious community generally forbids images, with some members believing photographs are a form of graven image.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2012

Beating the graven image Charlie McCarthy by a whisker, Jack Benny led the pack for 1940.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this there was a simultaneous tintinnabulation of all the bells, as each graven image lowered its raised foot in distress.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White