carven
Example Sentences
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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
Conducted by the long scarlet-robed figure of Cardinal Merry del Val, Archpriest of the Basilica, they admired painted ceilings and gigantic carven cherubs, knelt above the Tomb of the Apostles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yellow-garmented Buddhist priests chanted prayers, thumbed beads, whirred carven prayer wheels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through the white carven carpet that had been High Street pushed four oxen, buried up to their middles, dragging behind them a heavy plow.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
