Example sentences for: hand-carved

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

  • Amulets and other trinkets, many hand-carved, are reminders of the African strain in Puerto Rican culture.

  • The story's hard-luck cases include: people with a $50,000 car and Armani suits but shabby furniture, a woman who was able to drive home her 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee the day she saw it, but twice has had to wait twelve weeks for furniture ordered at Pottery Barn, and a management consultant who despite having hired a decorator and ordering $70,000 worth of furniture including a hand-carved entertainment center, has still only received one of the pieces.

  • Rustic Poland excels at folk art and handicrafts, including hand-carved wooden (usually religious) figures; leather goods from the Tatra mountains; embroidery and lace; hand-painted eggs (especially at Christmas); and colorful naïve art and glass paintings, especially that of Zakopane.

  • These hand-carved statuettes of saints or religious scenes are eminently portable.

  • You can find myriad copies of ancient pieces — from obelisks to pyramids — and incredibly kitsch and tacky copies of Ancient Egyptian artifacts such as Tutankhamun’s mask, but also wonderful hand-carved vases, bowls, and urns.


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