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.
has chiseled
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present perfectof chisel (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Oh, and don’t forget inside linebacker and converted quarterback Jack Colletto — a 6-3, 239-pound sledgehammer — who has chiseled six touchdowns as a gargantuan goal-line back.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Under Italian coach Alberto Zaccheroni, Japan has chiseled a style based on relentless pressure and precision play-making to force opponents onto the defensive.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 15, 2014
Enter Harvey Fierstein, who has chiseled a sweet, funny, emotionally satisfying book from Bob Tzudiker and Noni White’s screenplay.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2011
A sometimes savage critic, John Simon, wrote that she was "ageless. ... tempered like steel, baked like clay, annealed like glass; life has chiseled, burnished, refined her."
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2010
At this date, his attitude has not developed, but stands as a block of marble a sculptor has chiseled enough to show a statue is intended, but not sufficiently to disclose the sculptor's purpose.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by William A. (William Alfred) Quayle
