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.
had chiseled
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past perfectof chisel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A woman had chiseled her on a debt.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2012
Mario Cuomo’s father, Andrea Cuomo, had chiseled castle-shaped statues out of stone for his children and grandchildren, and at least a couple of the statues remained behind after the Cuomos left Queens.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2010
He had chiseled features and those Prada eyeglasses architects favor.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2010
The companies charged that foreign producers, mostly from Western Europe, had chiseled their way into a 19% import share of the U.S. market by selling government subsidized steel to American buyers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
