She carefully sculpted the wood.
The children painted and sculpted all morning. Sculpt your back with push-ups.
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Ethereal Cong Tri; school mistress-esque Thom Browne; body-sculpting Mugler?—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2026 The high-compression fabric is sculpting without digging into skin, and the generous waistband keeps everything in place during particularly bendy yoga classes.—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026 Okawara sculpted Beyoncé's nails into a long almond shape with a neutral base color, then detailed each nail with its own minuscule design.—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Feb. 2026 This is a landscape of serious drama, sculpted over millennia and laced with hiking paths that reveal vertiginous views at every turn.—Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sculpt
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Etymology
French sculpter, alteration of obsolete sculper, from Latin sculpere