sculpt

verb

sculpted; sculpting; sculpts

Examples of sculpt in a Sentence

She carefully sculpted the wood. The children painted and sculpted all morning. Sculpt your back with push-ups.
Recent Examples on the Web Early versions of the glamorous hambone were sculpted out of foam-rubber blocks; more recent versions have been formed of liquid latex poured into a mold. Brad Darrach, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024 The sculpture’s origin is unknown, though observers once claimed that Michelangelo himself sculpted the humble water-bearer. Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024 More surprising, Pettit found that the shelf's underside—a place that human eyes had never seen—looked strangely ordered, as if it had somehow been sculpted intentionally. Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022 Under the shadow of 10-foot-tall asparagus sculpted from sand, and past a machine called a Spargelschäler, where a team of women fed the stalks into gears that peeled, pared and shot the naked spears out the other end, visitors perused a seasonal produce extravaganza. Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 1 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for sculpt 

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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 20 Jun. 2024.

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