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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.
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The Camille Dress Sleek, body-sculpting, and party-ready, this Hervé Léger dress hugs in all the right places. Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025 Bryce Canyon National Park, about a two-hour drive northeast of Zion, is home to the world’s largest concentration of hoodoos, columns of rock that have been sculpted by centuries of erosion. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025 The new modelling of these observations could help scientists get to the bottom of how black holes launch these flares, as well as reveal the role magnetic fields play in sculpting matter around these cosmic titans. Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Nov. 2025 The figurine, sculpted from clay, was uncovered within a semicircular stone structure used for burials, found alongside a child’s grave and human teeth. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025 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 2 Dec. 2025.

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