Sentence examples for like a carving from inspiring English sources

They would also sport a marking across the face, a very thin subtle line like a carving.

The Asian-inspired pieces include a ring that looks like a carving of Chinese jade and earrings that resemble Japanese floral prints.

In 2002, Burnley striker Andy Payton was forced to retire after needing 38 stitches in his leg – "It was like a carving knife slitting it open," he said last year.

But Tweedledum's question is, if anything, more pertinent still to our epoch, when the capacity to weep, whether in triumph or disaster, is a heartfelt imposture that has proved de rigueur, not least in the realm of the reality show — a term, by the way, that would have caused Carroll to sharpen his pen like a carving knife.

Everything from stereos to — yes — saints are packed inside A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, an antiques store that has supplied some of the new establishments with items like a carved statue of Abraham Lincoln.

Shabana, a slight, skittery lefty who clasps his racquet high on the handle, like a chef carving a roast, was everything I want to be on court — gracious, graceful, unpredictable, thirty-three.

Across the large table, she looked like a child carving away at a Sunday roast.

3. Kim Kardashian V I'd like to practise carving a turkey on her.

You'll also encounter some novelty items, like a Yoruba carving of George V of Britain looking rather papal, at Owen Hargreaves and Jasmine Dahl.

Finally, its fast-growing fungal filaments cut into the remaining rock like a knife, carving deep channels that break up iron-depleted surfaces and expose fresh layers for consumption.

But, being visually excitable, I can sit and look at something and be amazed at, like, a wood carving over here or the shade on this lamp.