Carved

Examples

• There are names, and Christian symbols, and prayers, or sentences expressive of Christian hopes, carved upon nearly every sarcophagus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Hence the carved names. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He was the hero of her imagination, the image carved by love in the unchanged texture of her heart. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I have lived my last winter, and the date of this year, 2092, will be carved upon my tomb. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Raphael, Angelo, Canova--giants like these gave birth to the designs, and their own pupils carved them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I have two water-wagtails, carved in wood, and painted--perhaps you have seen it? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A similar process of embossing, was devised in Paris and called Xyloplasty, by which steam-softened wood is compressed in carved moulds, which give it bas-relief impressions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The expression of her finely carved mouth was pleasant, as if a sense of dignity had just compelled her to leave off speaking. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• On that day I ascended St. Peter's, and carved on its topmost stone the aera 2100, last year of the world! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It was a very large and high chamber, with carved oak ceiling, oaken panelling, and a fine array of deer's heads and ancient weapons around the walls. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Birkin, white and strangely ghostly, went over to the carved figure of the negro woman in labour. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• That is hers, those two wagtails in Hermione's boudoir--you've seen them--they are carved in wood and painted. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The seats had also their stained coverings, and one, which was higher than the rest, was accommodated with a footstool of ivory, curiously carved. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• At last we came to a great carved door, and through this Carthoris dashed, a foot ahead of me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• What I saw was a solid phalanx of armed men between myself and a dais supporting a great bench of carved sorapus wood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Heated casts of previously carved models were pressed into or on to wet wood, and the charcoal surfaces then brushed off with hard brushes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He knew no more, however, how to set about the business than if he had been an image carved in wood. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Carved stags' heads, with real antlers, looked down grotesquely from the walls. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• These are carved pieces of metal in the lock which fit into clefts or grooves in the key and prevent the lock from being opened except by its own proper key. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• To each of these chairs was added a footstool, curiously carved and inlaid with ivory, which mark of distinction was peculiar to them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Taking a fresh block he split it into little strips, and cutting these down to the right size, he carved a letter on the end of each strip. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This man carved the walls of his prison house from floor to roof with all manner of figures of men and animals grouped in intricate designs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Day by day some busy brownish man carved those figures, and, no doubt, whistled as he carved. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Picking up his knife he split the wood, making separate pieces of every letter carved on it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A pair of silk stockings, that pretty carved fan, and a lovely blue sash. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In 1800 a Mr. Watt of London produced one, on which he carved medallions and figures in ivory and ebony. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There were carved garlands on the panelled walls, and as he stood among them giving us welcome, I know what kind of loops I thought they looked like. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• For more than a week she lay there, little altered outwardly, with her old handsome resolute frown that I so well knew carved upon her face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Upon the floor, close to the body, was lying a singular club of hard carved wood with a bone handle. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• They drew on bones and antlers; they carved little figures. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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