sculpt

verb

sculpted; sculpting; sculpts

Examples of sculpt in a Sentence

She carefully sculpted the wood. The children painted and sculpted all morning. Sculpt your back with push-ups.
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Massive rock glaciers — made from a mix of rock, sand, and ice — sculpted the landscape further over the millennia. Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025 Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA Salt-kissed and sculpted by Pacific tides, Cannon Beach rolls along Oregon’s northern coast—its rhythm broken by Haystack Rock, a 235-foot basalt giant cloaked in Tufted Puffins. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Brush through clean brows, and the gel sculpts each hair into place, offering an elevated, laminated appearance that lasts hours. Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2025 For most true cognoscenti of art, their appreciation is often further sculpted by experiences and perceptions forged from childhood, and such is the case with the consignor of this sublime Raging Bull. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sculpt

Word History

Etymology

French sculpter, alteration of obsolete sculper, from Latin sculpere

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sculpt was in 1864

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“Sculpt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sculpt. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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