Examples of carving in a Sentence

She bought a small wooden carving of a Buddha. an ancient people proficient in stone carving

Recent Examples on the Web The biologist Ernst Mayr thought that species concepts in biology were joint-carving in this way. — Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Watermelon carving, live music, farmers market, fireworks. — Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al, 1 July 2022 There are such modes for carving, pivot slips, outside-edge ski turns, and balance. — Outside Online, 20 May 2022 This city-center brunch at Travelle and Travelle Bar at The Langham, Chicago, features a three-course menu complete with a carving, seafood and dessert station. — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 1 May 2022 The village is offering a post-Halloween, post-pumpkin carving, post-pumpkin painting thing to do. — Zareen Syed, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021 Eva, a renowned sculptor, is bartering for her dream home with a plinth-like carving inspired by the nearby Gaeta Stone (think Stonehenge). — John Anderson, WSJ, 28 June 2022 Other recurring imagery includes a stone carving of the Sheela-Na-Gig, an ancient fertility symbol featuring exaggerated female genitalia, and the Green Man, a pagan symbol of regeneration in which sprigs of plants sprout from human flesh. — Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 In a high-relief Egyptian limestone carving, dated between 2575-2465 B.C., a man and woman named Memi and Sabu stiffly face forward, as if freezing for a photo. — New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022 See More

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