Graven is an English word with synonyms like carved or carven. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Graven meaning
past participle of grave
Using Graven
- The main meaning on this page is: past participle of grave
- Useful related words include: carved, carven, sculpted, sculptured.
- In the example corpus, graven often appears in combinations such as: graven images, graven image.
Context around Graven
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Graven
- In this selection, "graven" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, barb, des, images, image and mass stand out and add context to how "graven" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and barb graven of sullivan and are a graven image that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "graven" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with graven
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Graven is a graduate of Millilkin, after playing basketball for his father, Doug, at Auburn. (15 words)
All sorts of graven images are toppling, many of them Confederate soldiers, but not all. (15 words)
If players wish to seek out the Graven-Mass Talisman, they must travel to the Consecrated Snowfield. (17 words)
In Exodus, God commanded that the Israelites not make any graven image; but soon afterwards, he commanded that they make graven images of cherubim and other like things, both as statues and woven on tapestries. (35 words)
P. M." graven in all parts of the city, giving rise amongst his impoverished subjects to such satire as the insertion of a minute loaf in the hands of Pasquin with that inscription beneath it. (35 words)
In the 15th century, the smarter des Graven hage came into use, literally "The Count's Wood", with connotations like "The Count's Hedge, Private Enclosure or Hunting Grounds". (29 words)
Example sentences (12)
In Exodus, God commanded that the Israelites not make any graven image; but soon afterwards, he commanded that they make graven images of cherubim and other like things, both as statues and woven on tapestries.
Graven is a graduate of Millilkin, after playing basketball for his father, Doug, at Auburn.
If players wish to seek out the Graven-Mass Talisman, they must travel to the Consecrated Snowfield.
All sorts of graven images are toppling, many of them Confederate soldiers, but not all.
Gabi Stiele and her children Rudolf and Caroline of Bregenz, Austria visited with Bill and Barb Graven of Sullivan.
Graven, a graduate of Auburn who played for his father there, has spent the last four seasons as the head coach of Mount Zion.
The Ten Commandments are a graven image that are forbidden from being worshiped, according to the Ten Commandments.
A statuary bust was added to the exedra in 1927, a rarity, because graven images are forbidden in Jewish cemeteries.
In the 15th century, the smarter des Graven hage came into use, literally "The Count's Wood", with connotations like "The Count's Hedge, Private Enclosure or Hunting Grounds".
P. M." graven in all parts of the city, giving rise amongst his impoverished subjects to such satire as the insertion of a minute loaf in the hands of Pasquin with that inscription beneath it.
Psychiatrist Philip S. Graven suggested the term "un-sane" to describe a condition that is not exactly insane, but not quite sane either.
Some Presbyterian churches will also have ornate statues of Christ or Graven Scenes from the Last Supper located behind the Chancel.
Common combinations with graven
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: