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
Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Travelers come from all over the world to kayak around its sculpted sea caves and towering sandstone cliffs.
—Katherine Lawless, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Vast fountains of plasma sculpted by the sun's tangled magnetic fields, captured in exquisite detail by satellites.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Inspired by the colors of the witching hour, the paint shifted from deep reddish-purple to shimmering gold highlights as light moved across its sculpted fastback bodywork.
—Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Travelers come from all over the world to kayak around its sculpted sea caves and towering sandstone cliffs.
—Katherine Lawless, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The slot canyon is known for the delicate sandstone curves and passages that have been sculpted by erosion and flash floods for millennia.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Vast fountains of plasma sculpted by the sun's tangled magnetic fields, captured in exquisite detail by satellites.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sculpted
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
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Jackson carved them up in the passing game, then sapped their souls with his scrambles.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At each camp, the team leaves behind a small but powerful item, a red card that explains what to do during encounters with immigration officials.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Occasionally, Brown, who makes mesmerizing, lovelorn music under the name Nourished by Time, is a serenader reaching for the style of Jodeci or SWV—sinewy, solicitous, but alien underneath the ad-libbing.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2025
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Once neighbors had amassed a pile of larger items, one of the camp's earliest residents, a sinewy man in his 50s named Tom Rock, walked over and began helping to lift them into the dumpster.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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The exterior transformations of these hulking vehicles are a testament to how quickly drones have changed the war in Ukraine in just over three years.—
Marco Hernandez,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Standing in the hulking concrete box—the open-air nucleus of the home—evokes being in a James Turrell Skyspace, your senses heightened to the shifting of the light or the passing of clouds.—
Siobhan Reid,
Robb Report,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The same can be said of Mescal, who’s already parlayed playing men of muscular physique and melancholy dispositions into above-the-title movie stardom.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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The prose is ecstatic and freaky and muscular.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With all of the appeal of a hiking boot in a smaller, lighter form factor, these Danner Trail 2650s pay homage to their beefier boot predecessors, just with some additional modern touches.—
Alice Bennett,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Ultra 3, as always, has the beefiest wireless toolkit.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Today, the open source OS kernel known as Linux absolutely dominates the brawny server market—particularly for cloud computing and especially for supercomputers and AI infrastructure.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
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The Dodge Durango might be counted among the veterans of the SUV class, but don’t mistake it for your regular brawny tow car.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Unrealized gains are marked-to-market, and a hefty tax bill may follow.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Debit use can also save customers money at independent stores, some of which apply hefty surcharges on credit.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Sculpted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sculpted. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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