How to Use wood carving in a Sentence

wood carving

noun
  • His features have the quality of a wood carving come to life, like something of the earth.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Throughout there are animal wood carvings and beadwork, the latter often hung from sculptures made of tree branches.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The beautiful space, with its high ceilings and dark wood carvings, is now a museum and research library, with over 40,000 books.
    Zanny Merullo, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026
  • Staff members draped us with orchid leis and invited us to stroll the lawn, where instructors taught us how to play the traditional bowling game ulu maika, and artisans offered wood carvings and flower adornments.
    Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
  • The Rotorua area is home to a living village and an arts and crafts institute that continues the artistic practices of the Maori, with offerings like traditional wood carving and weaving.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
  • This very sweet short from directors Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears has a beautiful aesthetic, with the characters and landscapes designed to look like wood carvings and sculptures.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Chateau De Vie The Chateau de Vie, just off Kyrene Road in Chandler, was built in 1984 and features stained glass, wood carvings and murals, according to its website.
    Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • In the Martin Luther Memorial Church in Mariendorf, built in 1935, a wood carving on the pulpit depicts Christ preaching to a small group that includes a helmet-wearing Wehrmacht soldier.
    Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026

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