Examples of carving in a Sentence
She bought a small wooden carving of a Buddha.
an ancient people proficient in stone carving
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According to the company’s website, the business sells precious and semi-precious crystal pendants, carvings and chains.
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
Shop windows and the local museum display crafts from this wood-carving mecca.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026
Now Crosswhite can acknowledge the beauty in the art, respect the workers who crafted the carvings, and appreciate the opportunity to tell a story larger than the monument itself.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
One butcher joined the march with the longest carving fork Ursula had ever seen, twin tines glittering sharp overhead.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
Shop windows and the local museum display crafts from this wood-carving mecca.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026
Now Crosswhite can acknowledge the beauty in the art, respect the workers who crafted the carvings, and appreciate the opportunity to tell a story larger than the monument itself.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
One butcher joined the march with the longest carving fork Ursula had ever seen, twin tines glittering sharp overhead.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carving. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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carving
noun
carv·ing
ˈkär-viŋ 
1
: the act or art of a person who carves
2
: a carved object, design, or figure
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