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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Both have chiseled, rangy frames with wide wingspans — Dressel is 76 inches and Phelps is 80 inches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
Other relative newcomers have chiseled from the ultraluxury grocers, the kinds of places where you can taste a little French cheese and kibitz about precisely which piece of wild sockeye looks just right.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2019
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
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
When you see your specimens again you will hardly recognize them, they are so changed; I have chiseled and cleaned them, until they are almost like anatomical preparations.
From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Louis Agassiz
