chiselled
Example Sentences
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But Marvin's confident it's helping him achieve the appearance he desires - a hollow-cheeked, chiselled profile with sharp, pointed eyes and strong jawline.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
India's 'Prince' may have chiselled, film star-like good looks, but he will be prepared to fight if the crown slips.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025
On 26 November 1922, he had held up a candle to peer through a tiny breach chiselled in a doorway sealed for three millennia.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2022
He then took up a teaching position at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, where he quietly chiselled away at his passion, the statistical properties of prime numbers.
From Scientific American • Nov. 15, 2022
His face was chiselled and bronze, his eyes black as basalt, his curly dark hair glistening with oil.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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