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  • present participle of carve.
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carving

[kahr-ving] / ˈkɑr vɪŋ /






NOUN
statuary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


Example Sentences

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She hit one glorious carving drive over extra cover for six early on and in the 15th over kicked for home by hitting spinner Sree Charani for a four and two thumping sixes.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

"LASIK is just a fancy way of doing traditional surgery. It's still carving tissue -- it's just carving with a laser."

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

When she took a ceramics class in 2015, she started making vases, animals and decor, often hand-building and carving her unique vessels while watching TV in her living room.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

For St. Louis, the exposition functioned as an exercise in city-building and the carving out of civic spaces, including architect Cass Gilbert’s Palace of Fine Arts, which was renamed the St. Louis Art Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

He is carving initials into the top of the chest.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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