carve

Years later, as an adult burnt out by the austerity measures carving through the press, McCann sensed an opportunity to return to his roots.

They carved a refuge out of the wilderness and then, in 200 years, built it into the most powerful nation on earth.

Many thousands of years ago, glacial floods swept through the area and carved out the sloping sides of the current grounds.

He rests lavishly, depicted in a marble sarcophagus that stares up for eternity at the carved depictions of his life story.

I have been around a large variety of people: men, women, children, funny, dramatic—he carved his own avenue in the world.

But now the great prairies had all been overgrazed or carved into farms; there was little suitable rangeland left to occupy.

To while away the hours of their captivity, they carved their names upon the walls with rusty nails.

Who prevented that sacrifice—who deserted me—who carved out her own separate life?

They found, too, the carved marble slabs that showed the labors of Herakles.

The stone that made the canopy was five yards and three quarters square, and carved round with a handsome cornice.

Usually under each large statue was carved a pedestal scene having some connection with it.