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.
have chiseled
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present perfectof chisel.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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But the Red Sox, holding a 4-1 lead after six, have chiseled that number down to nine against the Yankees.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021
All of those experiences, he says, have chiseled him into the surprising presidential candidate he is at 37, barely beyond the constitutional age requirement for the job.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2019
Platter appears to have chiseled the pieces out of wood before casting them in bronze, offsetting smooth exterior walls with more rugged, dappled interiors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2018
Horse racing may keep Baze physically fit, but the years have chiseled the customary wrinkles in an older man’s face.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2013
Most are still and motionless, helmeted, and with bayoneted rifles, like figures some Bartholdi or Rodin might have chiseled from bronze.
From The Greater Love by George T. McCarthy
