Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knapped
Verb
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Edd Kimber, the original winner of The Great British Baking Show in 2010, has carved out a career in the food world after his victory.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025 -
Jackson carved them up in the passing game, then sapped their souls with his scrambles.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His face is so meticulously chiseled.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sculptor Roman Villarreal, whose portfolio includes works on Chicago’s South Side and at Steelworkers Park, chiseled the turtles out of 15,00-pound chunks of limestone.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The sample, called Sapphire Canyon, was collected by the Perseverance rover from rocky outcrops on the edges of the Neretva Vallis river valley, a region sculpted by water that once flowed into Jezero Crater more than 3 billion years ago.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Viral posts present them as a lost civilization’s handiwork; geologists call them nunataks, mountain summits standing above the ice, and, in some cases, glacial horns whose sharp faces were sculpted by erosion.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Of course, Kenneth Branagh’s insane 1994 adaptation, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, probably hewed closest to the novel, and that movie and this one share a similarly frantic, gothic-romantic expressionism.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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The judge said that the earlier date hewed closer to the requirements of the county charter, which says a recall vote should occur within 60 days of recall petitions being certified.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
4 Aug. 2025
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Others have cut bills by a factor of five.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Jobless claims hit their highest level since 2021 last week, adding to recent labor market revisions that have fueled confidence the Fed will cut rates in September.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Knapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knapped. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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