Example Sentences

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Beautiful instance of an exception to general rules in the Llanthony.torrent in its times of flood has chiselled away, leaving one exposed under another, with the sweeping marks of its eddies upon their edges.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

Have you ever heard of a prince or a count who has painted a picture, or a nobleman who has chiselled a statue?

From The Precipice by Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich