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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Chiseled, jacked, cut, shredded, buff and yoked are terms his teammates often throw his way, many often teasing — “can’t believe you aren’t in the gym” or “why aren’t you in the gym, Dan?”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2019
“First Reformed”: Chiseled out of a lifetime of doubt, Paul Schrader’s late-in-life masterpiece throbs with an existential despair that has hardened into a taut and tormented religious drama.
From Washington Times • Dec. 17, 2018
Chiseled into the marble foyer: “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2016
Chiseled and wide-eyed, Dreymon makes it easy to root for Uhtred, which is important.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2015
Chiseled into a sun-bleached rock cliff, they peered down at them, as they had nearly two thousand years before, Laila imagined, at caravans crossing the valley on the Silk Road.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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