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

Now he gathered a heap of soft grass and, with stone and stick for hammer and chisel, tamped it into all the crevices to prevent leakage.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

"We used big chisels on the end of broom handles. A bit like gardening hoes. You use those to stab at it and shave stuff way," explained Roche.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

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

But when he has more time, he prefers snorkeling in riverbeds where he chisels into bedrock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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

Amber chisels out higher cheekbones and a more pronounced forehead.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

“Invitation” begins with “Circus,” with Kelly made up as a clown who pines for a beautiful performer, danced by Claire Sombert, who is herself in love with a chiseled aerialist, played by Igor Youskevitch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Through years of extraordinary political upheaval, the sound engineer at No. 10 Downing Street has served as a chiseled omen of great change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

When you have an identity that is so clear, so chiseled, you are that way forever.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

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

Beneath our feet, stretching from wall to wall, were marble slabs chiseled with writing.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

Styles has a lot in common with the King of Rock and Roll: from his chiselled good looks to the particular way he wiggles his hips.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

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

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

From BBC ● May 12, 2024

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

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

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

Zhong likens this to a sculptor chiseling away at marble until the final form emerges.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025

And, after a few years toying around with a spread offense, Harbaugh went back to his roots, chiseling a dominant running attack behind a grisly offensive line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

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

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2023

Disheartened, I made my way out into the workshop and was greeted by the sounds of a hundred hands busily chiseling wood, chipping stone, and hammering metal.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Somewhere in the city, somebody is chiselling away at a statue of the 74-year-old.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

"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

After Thutmes had put in years erasing and chiselling out all complimentary references to Hatasoo, he passed away and was carried to a winding subterranean tomb in the valley to the west.

From In Pastures New by Ade, George