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verb

past tense of sculpt
as in carved
to create a three-dimensional representation of (something) using solid material the colossal statue was sculpted from a single block of marble

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Recent Examples of sculpted
Adjective
The sculpted keycaps are nice, but the feel of the spacebar is different from the rest of the keys, and the more generic layout will bug long-time ThinkPad users. PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025 Lulu and Georgia Ruiz Coffee Table $1,298 Lulu and Georgia The sculpted base and neutral colorway makes this statement piece striking yet versatile. Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025 This is a great way to prep your festival makeup with a smooth and sculpted base. Sarah Boyd, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025 The sculpted forms of ONDA transform matter into movement, giving life to a collection where light and spatial perception become an integral part of the design. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sculpted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sculpted
Adjective
  • The annual meeting is an opportunity to celebrate the league's work over the past year, hear from a powerful advocate for Arkansas families and help shape the organization's direction for the future.
    Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
  • This practice involves buzzing next to flowers whose pollen is only released when there is a powerful air current next to their anthers so that pollen can be released to the adjacent female stigmas, facilitating pollination.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • The room’s layered materiality starts with ultra-plush wool carpeting carved into a unique rose-petal pattern, and a curved metal-and-fabric screen backs the bed and nightstands, dampening noise and creating a comforting space.
    Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Some still have their lids, or stoppers, while others have carved designs and some flecks of light blue paint.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Think Zaha Hadid, known for her futuristic, sinewy forms that seem to defy structural logic (see, for example, the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan).
    Nick Remsen, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
  • One longs for the sinewy action of a Transformers flick, or the imaginative gravity of something like the first Pacific Rim.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Hundreds of Ghor are killed, stormtroopers patrol the streets, and KX-series security droids are unleashed like hulking monsters, subduing random humans to death.
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 7 May 2025
  • The game itself features harrowing robotic PvE enemies, including one hulking boss that was only defeated 58 times total as tens of thousands of players played the Alpha.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • Dominic Solanke is a doubt for Sunday’s trip to West Ham United after also being forced off with a muscular problem during the Europa League tie.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • Indeed, an ascendant wing of the Republican Party has actively pushed for a more muscular government—in the areas of family and industrial policy, for example—after reaching the conclusion that Reagan-style market orthodoxy has hollowed out communities, among other bad outcomes.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • Thankfully, Charlotte has a few under-the-radar spots whose vegan and vegetarian french fries rival those cooked in the beefiest of tallow.
    Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Is Fisk, who just popped a hole in a jacket, going to gradually get bigger and beefier as the rest of the season/series unfolds?
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • With teammate Mikal Bridges tagging smaller facilitators, Anunoby takes the brawnier ones.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The 331-mile trail in Kiso Valley provides respite with its brawny cedar and cypress trees but also serves a functional purpose.
    Haley Harrison, AFAR Media, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In the immediate aftermath of San Siro and Champions League heartbreak against Inter, Hansi Flick’s men pulled out another magical display, crammed with plenty of mistakes but, more significantly, a hefty dollop of greatness.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 12 May 2025
  • Numerous reports — from the Oregon and U.S. departments of energy, for example — supported the assertion that heftier transmission lines were needed.
    Tony Schick, ProPublica, 12 May 2025

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“Sculpted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sculpted. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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