carven
Example Sentences
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But Justice, a carven figure in a twisted courtroom, is relentless.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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In their ruddy jackets of leather, the twelve members appeared before their stately lord where he sat in a carven chair in his long red room.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Yellow-garmented Buddhist priests chanted prayers, thumbed beads, whirred carven prayer wheels.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The eyes were flat and the mouth with its small up-curve at the corners was carven.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.