carven

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But Justice, a carven figure in a twisted courtroom, is relentless.

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

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

Yellow-garmented Buddhist priests chanted prayers, thumbed beads, whirred carven prayer wheels.

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