carve
verb (used with object)
to cut (a solid material) so as to form something.
has been carving
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present perfect progressiveof carve (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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At age 46, Paulson has been carving a new career path: On “Impeachment,” as with “Ratched,” she is an executive producer as well as the star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
Mr. Pompeo has been carving out this eminence for himself since Mr. Trump tapped him two months before the presidential inauguration to lead the CIA.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2019
Allen, meanwhile, has been carving up the Viking’s vaunted defense.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2018
Since 2016, when he released “blisters,” his first EP as serpentwithfeet, Wise has been carving out a particular kind of queendom in the R. & B. world.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018
Ages and aeons are nothing to her, out of them she has been carving her great statue, a perfect man.
From Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power by Orison Swett Marden
