Example Sentences

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Have a care, Lucas," he presently said; "I fear me you are chiselling away too much.

From The Dove in the Eagle's Nest by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

However much it may sound like a platitude, it is a great and eternal truth that your mental activities are chiselling your features.

From A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler