Examples of carving in a Sentence
She bought a small wooden carving of a Buddha.
an ancient people proficient in stone carving
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The ionizing winds and radiation from the star cluster pushes gas and dust around in the nebula, creating the intricate features and cloud-like carvings observed in the Hubble image.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
There are showstoppers, like the Zaveri house (also known as the House with 365 Windows) which is now stained black with grit, its grand pilasters and geometric facade carvings in dire need of restoration, and the Teen Khuniya (or Three-Cornered House), with its distinctive triangular layout.
—Kalpana Sunder, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
The temple walls are densely adorned with sandstone carvings that bring scenes from everyday existence to life—celestial musicians, amorous couples, agrarian landscapes—all frozen in time over a thousand years ago.
—Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
At the 300,000-acre Gold Butte National Monument, petroglyphs transport visitors back 12,000 years to when Indigenous cultures created the area’s many paintings and carvings.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
There are showstoppers, like the Zaveri house (also known as the House with 365 Windows) which is now stained black with grit, its grand pilasters and geometric facade carvings in dire need of restoration, and the Teen Khuniya (or Three-Cornered House), with its distinctive triangular layout.
—Kalpana Sunder, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
The temple walls are densely adorned with sandstone carvings that bring scenes from everyday existence to life—celestial musicians, amorous couples, agrarian landscapes—all frozen in time over a thousand years ago.
—Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
At the 300,000-acre Gold Butte National Monument, petroglyphs transport visitors back 12,000 years to when Indigenous cultures created the area’s many paintings and carvings.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for carving
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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carving. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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carving
noun
carv·ing
ˈkär-viŋ 
1
: the act or art of a person who carves
2
: a carved object, design, or figure
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