carven
Example Sentences
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But Justice, a carven figure in a twisted courtroom, is relentless.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yellow-garmented Buddhist priests chanted prayers, thumbed beads, whirred carven prayer wheels.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his curiously carven and vivid luggage were layers of sumptuous fabrics, great coils and shining lumps of jewelry.
From Time Magazine Archive
No carven motto is more obvious than that above the Supreme Court bench: "Eyes and ears are poor witnesses when the soul is barbarous."
From Time Magazine Archive
The eyes were flat and the mouth with its small up-curve at the corners was carven.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
