Example Sentences

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The union replied that Schroth was "chiseling," and offered to take the case to arbitration, but only on the money questions.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It reminds me of the fellow who was chiseling on the nose of a bomb," he said.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the dark crypts below Winterfell, a stonemason was chiseling out his father's likeness in granite.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

“Make the hole just large enough for this cylinder!” said he to one of the stone cutters who was chiseling off a large quadrangular stone.

From Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' by Rizal, José

A red-breasted woodpecker was chiseling out a nursery in a tall sycamore at the border of a woodland.

From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)