How to use carve in a sentence

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• I managed to carve out a niche for myself in the world of investigative journalism.From the entry niche
• I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale.From the entry into
• This antique chair has been overpainted to the point that you can't discern the carved details.From the entry overpaint
• Avery was an avid whittler, and had a collection of intricately carved walking-sticks that few could match.From the entry whittler
• Until you sign it, the terms of the contract aren't yet carved in stone.From the entry carved in stone
• The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I.From the entry carve up
• The painting was housed in a beautifully carved frame.From the entry frame
• We helped the children carve pumpkins into Jack O'Lanterns.From the entry jack o'lantern
• We helped the children carve pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns.From the entry jack-o-lantern
• These dolls were traditionally made of fabric stuffed with straw, and they often had carved wooden ears and polished coals for eyes.From the entry wooden ear
• Enormous yardangs — curving sandstone and mudstone strata carved by winds — towered over us.2020 May 11, Anna Sherman, “A Poetic Journey Through Western China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11…. From the entry yardang
• When the asteroid struck, it temporarily carved a hole 60 miles across and 20 miles deep.2019 September 10, Katherine Kornei, “A New Timeline of the Day the Dinosaurs Began to Die Out”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry Cenozoic
• He carried a silver hookah, a dagger, a sword, and a carved knife tied to his waist.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 45. From the entry mojri
• Carve a creative space with your dog-stagram, with your people-who-matter-stagram, or your inner palm sketchpad.2014 January, Reuben G. Krabbe, “The Art of a Ski Bum: Getting Creative with It”, in The Capilano Courier, volume 47, number 13, page 15. From the entry dogstagram
• Long-ago stonecrafters had carefully carved a set of steps that led to nothing, save a striking vista.2014, Christie Golden, War Crimes (World of Warcraft), New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, →ISBN, pages 82–83. From the entry stonecrafter
• The griffe, however, is often used for elaborate ornamentation, being carved into vegetable or even animal form.2013, Russell Sturgis, Francis A. Davis, Sturgis' Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture and Building: An Unabridged Reprint of the 1901-2…. From the entry griffe
• The deeper I dig, I pull out more silver with carved handles.2011, Tonya Kappes, Carpe Bead'em. From the entry ware
• They all then trooped up a railless stairway carved out of the outer wall of the dam.2011, Kenzaburo Oe, Somersault, Grove/Atlantic, →ISBN, page 280. From the entry railless
• Carol traced her finger around the K+K 4evah 2 getha carved into the table.2011, Sarah Strohmeyer, Kindred Spirits, Dutton, →ISBN. From the entry 4evah
• Over the dimming fire, the old man tossed him a small box, carved with similar markings.2010, Arnan Heyden, “The Powers that Be”, in Daughters of Agendale: The Legend of Eloeen, Maitland, Fla.: Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry pipeweed
• Many have illusionistic carved stone frames, which make them seem like windows to the outdoors.2009 February 6, Ken Johnson, “Young Wizard of the Canvas Who Left the Masters Speechless”, in New York Times. From the entry illusionistic
• These walls, under close examination, reveal messages carved in desperation by long ago victims.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave…. From the entry heartrending
• Most great mountain riders carve up the slope, serpentining as he climbs up the mountain.2002 April 29, mixgreg, “Mountain Sledding”, in rec.sport.snowmobiles (Usenet). From the entry serpentine
• The cove ceiling had carved trusses with decorative detailing and pendills.2000, Anthony Mitchell Sammarco, Paul Buchanan, Milton Architecture, page 12. From the entry pendill
• The artists are forced endlessly to carve figures of elephants and leographs of chinthes.1998, Feroz Kapadia, South East Asia: Burma, Cambodia, Anmol publications, page 85. From the entry endlessly
• He had come here to carve a slice of China for the Tsar.1998, Robert Carter, “Book IV”, in Barbarians, Orion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 227. From the entry Manchuria
• For what does a punctator do, if not carve up the written line for intellectual consumption?1989, Syracuse University Library Associates Courier, page 72. From the entry punctator
• A hobbit-size table and chairs have been carved out of wooden stumps.1989, Jack Christie, Day Trips from Vancouver, page 55. From the entry Tolkienish
• Villagers tell stories and illustrate them with drawings carved in the snow, mud, or sand.1985, Judith Kleinfeld, Alaska's Small Rural High Schools: Are They Working?, page 111. From the entry storyknife
• From his beltpurse he took the carved white bones with black dots on them.1985, Anthony Burgess, chapter 5, in The Kingdom of the Wicked, New York: Arbor House, page 374. From the entry belt purse
• The leaders of the local faction carve out their own bailiwicks along administrative subdivisions.1983 December 8 [1983 March], Huai-fu [0657 2037 1133] Ku, “A Roster of Candidates for the Supplementary Legislative Yuan Elections”, in…. From the entry Ch'en
• Fragment of an inscription in a tabula carved in the rock.1982, H. W. Pleket, R. S. Stroud, Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum [SEG]: 1978, page 227. From the entry tabula
• No overstuffed chairs here; just slender, carved legs, and curved arms, ribbonbacks and French satin cushions.1982, Marjorie Eatock, Stolen Holiday, page 120. From the entry ribbonback
• The doors were carved by the village craftsmen who were fanciful decorationists.1981, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, as Patron of the Arts, page 49. From the entry decorationist
• The large chalice at right is carved from a single chunk of sardonyx, a kind of onyx.1980, Colin Thubron, Seafarers: The Venetians, page 40. From the entry sardonyx
• It is Phoenician ajoure or openwork and carved in three-quarter relief.1979, The Biblical Archaeologist - Volumes 42-44, page 182. From the entry ajoure

Meaning of carve

1. verb To cut.
2. verb To cut meat in order to serve it.
3. verb To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.

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Questions about carve in a sentence

How do you use carve in a sentence?

Carve is used as a verb and noun. For example: “You carve the roast and I’ll serve the vegetables.”

What is a short sentence with carve?

“Give that turkey a careful carve.”

What does carve mean?

Carve means to cut.