Thesaurus results for CHISEL

chisel

verb

Definition of chisel next

as in to pluck

to rob by the use of trickery or threats ruthlessly chiseled other students out of their lunch money

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Recent Examples of chisel The second episode is largely confined to the dark walls which Irons’ next-door prisoner, a cleric known as the Abbé Faria, has spent years trying to painstakingly chisel his way through. —

Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026 Divers have to carefully chisel each coral from the seabed by hand and bring it to the surface, which takes a lot of time and labor. —

Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026 Billy is a tough taskmaster, sending Max down a hole in the ground to chisel out the precious metal, a tall task for a minor. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026 Monroe County High School students are chiseling a marble sculpture for America's 250th birthday, guided by an internationally renowned artist and supported by their community. —

Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chisel

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Then in 2013, she was plucked from the pros to take on an even dicier enterprise, a new Big East, a basketball-centric conference in a college landscape dominated by football schools and power conferences.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Although Turner might have been open for a second, quarterback Cade Klubnik threw the ball high and late, allowing Delane to abandon his zonee anad pluck the ball out of the air.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026