sculpt

verb

sculpted; sculpting; sculpts
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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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The look paired a black strapless sculpted top with slim black trousers. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 8 Mar. 2026 Additionally, a pair of bronze bison stands on permanent display in Humboldt Park, created for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition by Edward Kemeys (who also sculpted the lions outside the Art Institute). Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026 Stretching away from the coma is a long tail sculpted by radiation from the sun and the prevailing solar wind. Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026 And these fractures were constructive, sculpting new shapes from developing tissues, in an evolutionary approach that scientists are uncovering across the animal kingdom. Clare Watson, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026 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 9 Mar. 2026.

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