chiseled
Americanadjective
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cut, shaped, etc., with a chisel.
chiseled stone.
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sharply or clearly shaped; clear-cut.
She has finely chiseled features.
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When you have an identity that is so clear, so chiseled, you are that way forever.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
“I felt so much pressure every time I go on Instagram and I see these chiseled, really fit, good-looking guys,” says Robinson, a 31-year-old Manhattan resident who designs hospitals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Man, if my chest hair wasn’t going visibly gray and I was instead a lanky, chiseled Zoomer with a hit LP I might feel the same way about top buttons.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026
Farther down the Strip, I chatted with a convincing Captain America, whose chiseled jawline and sandy blond hair were betrayed only by his height, about 5-foot-10.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
She had chiseled quite a bit of money from her father to go away to college to see what it was like “out there.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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