insculped

past tense of insculp, archaic
as in etched
to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface laid to rest under a stone insculpt with the figure of an angel

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Verb
  • Such devotion will remain forever etched in our hearts.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Pat McGrath is so etched in my soul, my heart, and my vision for what is considered beauty and glamour.
    Tracee Ellis Ross, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • Collectors who purchased a piece gained the right to have the tattoo inscribed on their body, making the artwork participatory and transforming the skin into a living canvas.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Volpe passed away in 2016, and her famous chicken soup recipe is inscribed right from her recipe card at the top of her headstone.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the village of Hula in southern Lebanon, a monument engraved with the names of almost 100 Lebanese killed here in 1948 just after the creation of the state of Israel lies covered in graffiti and smashed to pieces.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Images and texts were engraved into the stone with a technique called intaglio.
    Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Price looked for more ideas and decided a chalk face had been carved out within the basement.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Lelevicius has carved out a starting role at small forward and brings size and scoring at the wing.
    Steven Johnson October 31, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Insculped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insculped. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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