chisel
noun
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
are chiseling
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present progressiveof chisel.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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By making fun of the obsequiousness and desperation found in the lower circles of show-business purgatory, they are chiseling epitaphs on epitaphs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Based on those figures, HEW expects to find in the current search 10,000 to 12,000 Government workers who are chiseling the welfare system out of from $10 million to $24 million annually.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is now roofed, and they are chiseling the bas-reliefs on the pediment.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper
