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 chiselled
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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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An hour later, he had chiselled all the way around the fish, leaving it encased in matrix, supported by a four-inch-tall pedestal of rock.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 29, 2019
His lips were very beautiful both in form and colour; but the upper wore a haughty curl that marred the beauty of a mouth which nature had chiselled with the nicest hand.
From Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
The spiritual strength of restraint and inward thinking which had chiselled the Bishop’s face into a single, simple expression of will power was not to be found in the other’s face.
From The Shepherd of the North by Richard Aumerle Maher
Her face was pale, and in the fading sunlight he could see the little blue veins on her temples and the look of stern sweetness that sorrow had chiselled about her mouth.
From The Builders by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
"One man in times of old, it is said, imparted vitality to the statue he had chiselled; others may have the contrary gift of turning life to stone."
From Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
