How to Use carve in a Sentence

carve

verb
  • Who is going to carve the turkey?
  • He carved while I made the gravy.
  • We carved an ice sculpture.
  • All our guys have to earn a role and have to carve it out.
    — cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022
  • In the lower half, the star S1 carved out a glowing cave of dust.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 12 July 2023
  • The best way to do this is to carve out your own market niche.
    — Abdo Riani, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Just being able to carve out a role in this league is hard to do.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
  • And the rest of the industry is trying to carve out their own pieces of the pie.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2022
  • But the league has proven adept at carving out ways to reach new crowds.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The storm carved a path nearly a mile wide and six miles long through Joplin.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Some of these proud miners carved sculptures out of the salt.
    — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2023
  • The Red Raiders utilized their tight ends to carve up the Longhorn defense in the middle of the field.
    — Dallas News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Or better still, space — the space to stretch, the space to fail, the space to carve a passage for myself.
    — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Arte should be carving statues of those two for the home plate plaza.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
  • Many were carved from lignum vitae, one of the world’s hardest woods.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Watch the video above to learn how to choose the perfect pumpkin for carving.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2024
  • It’s not easy to carve a case and bracelet links out of crystal sapphire.
    — Carol Besler, Forbes, 27 May 2022
  • They were painted on walls and cars, carved into bridges and drawn in chalk on the ground.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 July 2024
  • Yes, the Knicks are trying to carve out salary cap space to make a big move in free agency.
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
  • The Pels could carve out enough room under the tax to give him a reasonable deal.
    — Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Police and fire unions have been carved out of anti-union laws for decades.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Over millions of years, these storms have carved coastlines and ocean basins.
    — Porter Fox, New York Times, 9 May 2023
  • But as more tasks moved to the cloud, VMware struggled to keep up growth and carve out a key role for itself.
    — Liana Baker, Fortune, 23 May 2022
  • But as more tasks moved to the cloud, VMware struggled to keep up growth and carve out a key role for itself.
    — Liana Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2022
  • The Dolphins Way was carved the past two seasons by McDaniel.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 27 July 2024
  • Who has the best chance to carve out a significant big league role in 2023?
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The seals of the states are also typically carved into the stone.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
  • It's been a bit challenging to carve out the time with the family at home.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Some still have their lids, or stoppers, while others have carved designs and some flecks of light blue paint.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In bridging the gap between East Coast prep and West Coast casual, the brand has carved out a unique position in the fertile golf apparel landscape -- one that continues to grow as the sport itself evolves.
    — Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025

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