incising
- present participle of incise.
Example Sentences
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The scratching alerts us to what will be increasingly vigorous attacks on the canvas surface—scraping, rubbing, incising fine lines—emphasizing the character of her paintings as objects, rather than representations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
He extended the idea to works on—or, rather, in—paper, puncturing and incising it from behind.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 28, 2019
We can feel her pushing and pulling, scraping and incising these pictures, as if possessed.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2018
And then, in the same time span, he goes tiny and smooth, incising stunning little faces on impeccably chosen beach pebbles, out-Kleeing Paul Klee with a little Cycladic thrown in for good measure.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2015
Having finally selected a design, Min began incising it.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
