chisel

Failure is fatal only when the chisel is abandoned and despair prevails.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

“CMS is continuing to chisel away at higher spending associated with coding intensity,” says Tricia Neuman, executive director for the Program on Medicare Policy at KFF, a health policy nonprofit.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

Nonato laid his chisel against the mortar and gingerly began to tap the top of the tool with a hammer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025

Finally, he was able to chisel out the embedded trunk handle to open it, clambering in and driving his Model Y Long Range S.U.V. five miles to the closet supercharging station.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

“Like stone under the saw. Try a chisel, like iron. Then, after all the shouting was done, I couldn’t char it.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

One promising option is tungsten carbide, an Earth-abundant material already widely used in industrial machinery, cutting tools, and chisels.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026

Scientists and roughly 500 volunteers have used chisels, solvents and dental picks to dismantle 10 blocks so far, so who knows what else they might discover after Zed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

In his workshop, a wooden bench lined with chisels and strings lies beside the skeletal frame of an unfinished santoor.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025

He saw others who wanted to take a piece of it, who’d come to the metaphorical mountain with chisels in hand.

From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2024

Tiny saws, tacks, gouges, carving chisels, fine-gritted sandpapers.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

He continues by "mewing," a TikTok trend where people suck in their cheeks and point a finger at their jawline to emphasize their chiseled features.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Its details are sharply chiseled and fluted, in the Streamline Moderne mode, and they turn what would otherwise be raw construction into lyrical architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Larry’s the pragmatic choice, but Luke is the romantic one, down to his handsome, chiseled features right out of a supermarket paperback.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025

Farther down the Strip, I chatted with a convincing Captain America, whose chiseled jawline and sandy blond hair were betrayed only by his height, about 5-foot-10.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

Her chiseled marble features crumbled into the angry, helpless rage of a child.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

What counts as good looking is narrowly defined: chiselled facial features and visible muscles are non-negotiables.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

He was the "full package," Mr Tracey added, "including the chiselled good looks".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

"But I think I'd remember if you'd done something odd," reassures Archer, all chiselled good looks and friendly bonhomie.

From BBC ● May 8, 2025

Lithe, with abs chiselled from granite and blond in his hair, he looked like WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes.

From BBC ● May 12, 2024

The many faces of the stone had sharp edges as though they had been newly chiselled.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

"Evolution is chiseling a sculpture, not constructing a building," Gokcumen said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Looksmaxxing” has men hammering their jawlines, chiseling their own bone structure like Michelangelo with a front-facing camera.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

By reducing the cost of chiseling, Springut reasons, architects can once again embrace the decorative flourishes of carved stone.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2023

Levit meets the students for three scheduled hours a week, and the students spend up to 30 additional hours per week cutting, carving, chiseling and sanding during BARN’s woodworking studio open hours.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

In the dark crypts below Winterfell, a stonemason was chiseling out his father's likeness in granite.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The team experimented with different carving and chiselling techniques and discovered fire was also an effective way to carve out the inside of the boat.

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

"I had run out of energy and I was deep in my pain cave. No matter how hard I was chiselling at it, it wasn't translating to power."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023

Typically, I’d work at the face, up against the rock, chiselling the coal out.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2017

We entered frosty courts by a secret hatchway and waved wooden racquets in majestic arcs, a ceremony akin to polar explorers chiselling out ice caves.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016

Now and then the flickering firelight touched his face and showed the harsh lines of its rugged chiselling and the steadiness of his contemplative eyes.

From Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss