Carve is an English word with synonyms like cut or chip. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Carve in a sentence
Related words
Carve meaning
- To cut.
- To cut meat in order to serve it.
- To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
Using Carve
- The main meaning on this page is: To cut. | To cut meat in order to serve it. | To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
- Useful related words include: cut, cut up, chip, chip at.
- In the example corpus, carve often appears in combinations such as: to carve, carve out, and carve.
Context around Carve
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Carve
- In this selection, "carve" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, usual, care, sculpt and outs stand out and add context to how "carve" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to carve out a and a proposed carve out for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "carve" sits close to words such as contemporaries, dudley and duly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with carve
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Follow the step-by-step guide to sculpt, carve and paint your waterproof home décor creations. (16 words)
Despite its elusive nature, “Ovestæ” has managed to carve out a niche for itself on the internet. (17 words)
Fred Anderson, owner of Anderson Lumber, provided a space for them to chainsaw and carve their shoes. (17 words)
I assume 'Republicans' also carve out a huuuuuuuge exception for Fox News and the local news variant of that if it exists (though it's usually just regurgitating Fox, if our local one is any indication). (36 words)
Dr. Stasis (a clone of Mister Sinister and a leader within Orchis) wanted to carve the magic of the Crimson Gem out of his physical body for the sake of further research and experimentation. (34 words)
He understood that this was a rare opportunity and hoped that the film's success would signal that Hollywood would be able to carve out a space for emotional, human films in the 1980s. (34 words)
Because in a world which sometimes feels like it's trying to suck the life out of everything - why not carve out some time for fun? (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
Carve the top of the pumpkin with a zig-zag edge, hollow out, and carve a traditional jack-o-lantern face on it.
After that, Ryouma has to carve out a life for himself alongside a pair of twin captives that he saves not long after he escapes the O'ltomea Empire.
Afton native and Olympic cross country skier Jessie Diggins continues to carve out her accomplishments in the Cross Country ski world, and has become the World Champion in the 10 KM skate event.
And obviously, all this is subject to the usual carve-outs around any escalations in the macro world.
As anti-transgender legislation has swept the country — with lawmakers in many states preventing minors from undergoing gender-affirming care — carve-outs have been allowed for surgeries on intersex children to continue.
Because in a world which sometimes feels like it's trying to suck the life out of everything - why not carve out some time for fun?
Block continued to carve out the most remarkable story of the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill on Saturday.
Despite its elusive nature, “Ovestæ” has managed to carve out a niche for itself on the internet.
Dr. Stasis (a clone of Mister Sinister and a leader within Orchis) wanted to carve the magic of the Crimson Gem out of his physical body for the sake of further research and experimentation.
Efforts by Bandera-led forces to carve out an independent territory for Ukraine led them to perpetrate atrocities against Poles, Jews and Soviets.
Even if anti-boycott laws are conceptually indistinguishable from other forms of economic discrimination, the argument goes, America’s “history and traditions” may still carve out the political boycott for special constitutional protection.
Follow the step-by-step guide to sculpt, carve and paint your waterproof home décor creations.
Fred Anderson, owner of Anderson Lumber, provided a space for them to chainsaw and carve their shoes.
He said enforcement would mostly take place in border counties and rebuffed efforts by Democrats to narrow the law, including a proposed carve-out for police on college campuses.
He understood that this was a rare opportunity and hoped that the film's success would signal that Hollywood would be able to carve out a space for emotional, human films in the 1980s.
Hogwarts Legacy – Official 4K Reveal Trailerwill be launching in February 2023 on most platforms, Switch players will have to wait until July to carve out their own story at Hogwarts.
However, if you’ve made it this far, Fear the Walking Dead continues to carve out just enough of its own identity to stick with the series for its closing chapter.
I assume 'Republicans' also carve out a huuuuuuuge exception for Fox News and the local news variant of that if it exists (though it's usually just regurgitating Fox, if our local one is any indication).
I didn’t manage to see much research on my last trip top Boston, so I made sure to carve out a day this time.
I don’t give him high chance of making the roster, but if he can catch Payton’s eye, he may be able to carve out a spot in the practice squad.
Common combinations with carve
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to carve 116×
- carve out 105×
- and carve 14×
- carve up 9×
- carve their 7×
- can carve 6×
- carve the 5×
- you carve 4×
- could carve 4×
- carve niche 4×