Example sentences for: carved

How can you use “carved” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The lovely 13th-century pink Verona marble baptistery has superbly sculpted doors by Benedetto Antelami, who also carved most of the 12 statues of the months in the interior.

  • In the first courtyard is the stable, which houses the shrine’s sacred white horse; the carved panel above the door is the famous group of three monkeys — “Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil! ”

  • In Cave No. 12, heavenly musicians carved over the entrance are playing 12 different ancient instruments.

  • Interiors were decorated with frescoes in the Byzantine tradition; primitive sculpture of biblical episodes or rural life on the capitals of columns; painted altar front panels; carved wooden crosses, and Madonnas of great purity.

  • His marble sleeves and pants legs break into noble tailored folds around his endless arms and legs, his marble lapels lie gravely along his chest, his marble buttons, watch chain, necktie, and collar points create small episodes along the front of his lean body, over a marble shirt and waistcoat that create a stately sequence of carved wrinkles.


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