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

Both have chiseled, rangy frames with wide wingspans — Dressel is 76 inches and Phelps is 80 inches.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 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

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

Veltman must have chiseled out the old one, and set this in, himself, the last thing before we went to press.

From The Clarion by Stevens, William Dodge