How to Use carving in a Sentence

carving

noun

• She bought a small wooden carving of a Buddha.
• More light would shine through the parts of the carving where the wax was thinnest.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2022
• This is due to a carving up of rights when the film was first sold.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 19 Dec. 2022
• In addition to the footprints, the carvings on the cliffs of Doro!
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
• Cut out the carving for way less messy jack-o'-lanterns.
  — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022
• The pumpkin carving was the best part and now it is gone.
  — Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 10 Oct. 2021
• Gray Grass agreed and said that the carving was an insult to the tribe.
  — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 2 July 2020
• Here are some tips that can help your epic carving outlast the Day of the Dead.
  — Matt Kasson, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2022
• The carving was in the shape of an owl, its wings spread wide around my finger.
  — Devi Lockwood, Wired, 21 Sep. 2021
• But baseball folks want their pound of flesh and the Sox are on deck on the carving block.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2020
• The timing of the wolf carving and the wolf attack at the second camp seems a bit close.
  — Kelly McClure, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2021
• Some of the carvings on the femur bones depict a man holding a jade mask just like the one in the tomb.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• The carving was worked on off and on over the years, but it wasn't finished until 1970.
  — Theresa Waldrop, CNN, 30 May 2021
• The carving was shaped like a heart, and the inside of the larger pumpkin was lit up, like a jack-o’-lantern.
  — Darlene Aderoju, PEOPLE.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• Joe Aronoski, 82, had just taken a tram to the carving and the top of Stone Mountain for the first time.
  — New York Times, 24 May 2021
• My dad would carve the steamy, juicy turkey and place the carvings before us.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• The fancier pieces had a lot of detailed carving on them.
  — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022
• Douglas made a mold using the carving and filled it with resin.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Oct. 2021
• The carving is of her on her deathbed, and it is sunk up to her collarbones in his front lawn.
  — Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
• Use a sharp carving knife and fork to complete the cuts around the bone and drizzle the glaze from the slow cooker over the ham slices to serve.
  — Lizzy Briskin, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2021
• Try your hand at ice carving on Wednesday, Feb. 1, from noon to 10 p.m. at the Village Park.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2023
• For her, the carving presents a teachable moment for her nine-year-old son.
  — Sonam Vashi, National Geographic, 16 Oct. 2020
• Transfer meat to a carving board and slice thinly against grain.
  — America's Test Kitchen, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2023
• This idea doesn't require as much carving as the others.
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2022
• The table, West said, is made of wood, has a glass encasing and a carving of The Last Supper.
  — NBC News, 25 Dec. 2021
• According to the lawsuit, Kolb picked up a two-pronged carving fork in the kitchen and walked slowly around the room.
  — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 1 Dec. 2020
• The dinner buffet has the carving station, lunch items and dessert items.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 29 Apr. 2021
• Part of the stop included King Charles joining a group in the workshop for wood and stone carving.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
• The carving process—with shells or stone tools—could take weeks or even months; once complete, a canoe would sit along the shoreline for the whole village to use.
  — Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
• Some Oaxacan families have been competing for decades, passing down the craft and their carving tips from one generation to the next.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Mar 2025