knapping

present participle of knap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knapping
Verb
  • Nostalgia is a powerful driver, and that gives it a good chance at carving out a place again in the toy world.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Guests have been carving their names and initials into the wooden tops for decades.
    Abby Price, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The center of the nebula plays host to a population of energetic young stars that are busily sculpting dense pillars of dust with their radiation.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Known primarily for sculpting the neoclassical Bethesda Fountain in New York City’s Central Park, Stebbins also created deeply personal works, including an 1870 bust of Cushman, which features among 14 works on display at Huntington’s Heckscher Museum of Art.
    Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jason Dawson of the Children's Cancer Centre chiseling the bricks around the time capsule.
    Patrick Smith, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Season 1 includes 10 episodes, each hewing close to 30 minutes.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This year, with supply hewing closely to typical seasonal patterns, expect the usual post-summer wave of new inventory to arrive.
    John Walkup, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Walz drew a surge of media attention and prompted popular X posts on the campaign trail for cutting a rootsy profile like her father.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In cutting those moments, Baxter used the score to track the temperature of his edit, especially as the second chapter begins.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Knapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knapping. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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