Example sentences for: carved

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

  • Note the many headstones carved with skull and crossbones or winged death’s head motifs.

  • No one knows for certain when the figure was carved; one legend dates it to the early 8th century.

  • Subsequent “licences” granted by the Ottomans to European nobles saw many prize friezes disappear to archaeological collections around Europe, including the Elgin marbles (ornately carved pediments) that were taken to London by Lord Elgin.

  • Its two lower stories have a remarkable carved frieze representing scenes from the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics.

  • You’d think the chamber of commerce carved their map as a public relations gimmick, but the province really is shaped like a lobster.


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