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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Madison Johnson was shot multiple times and had been stabbed in the head with a carving fork, prosecutors said.
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Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
The place where Dante cast endless sinners, upside down in hellholes of their own carving, or in the tangled forest of suicides, or with the fratricides in the ninth circle, all of them eternally condemned.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
The sandstone carving was found at Vindolanda, a fort in Northumberland, near Hadrian's Wall.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
There are wider options for beginners and faster carving options for more advanced surfers.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
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Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
The place where Dante cast endless sinners, upside down in hellholes of their own carving, or in the tangled forest of suicides, or with the fratricides in the ninth circle, all of them eternally condemned.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
The sandstone carving was found at Vindolanda, a fort in Northumberland, near Hadrian's Wall.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
There are wider options for beginners and faster carving options for more advanced surfers.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for carving
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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carving. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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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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