carve
verb (used with object)
to cut (a solid material) so as to form something.
have been carving
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present perfect progressiveof carve.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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It wasn’t, so I listened to her, got serious about my work and have been carving out my own path, my own way, ever since.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024
“People with fancy last names have been carving up the ham for 200 years,’’ he said in a televised interview on Sunday.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
According to the website, people have been carving jack-o’-lanterns for centuries.
From Fox News ● Oct. 29, 2021
For some 25 years, U.S. players have been carving a modest presence overseas.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2019
Stark saw a vaulted roof, very slim and high, etched with a glittering tracery that might have been carving of an alien sort, delicate as the weavings of spiders.
From Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Douglass Brackett
