variants
or chiselled
variants
or chiselled
as in plucked
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
ruthlessly chiseled other students out of their lunch money
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Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Ruffles which were located towards the lower right section of her design gave it a chiseled look.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 May 2024
This is the acme of the true fantasy—not attracting a young man with chiseled cheekbones, perfect teeth, and the ability to wear a thick cardigan on a very hot day without even a bead of sweat—but actually being noticed.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 May 2024
The British actor plays the lead role of Cash (all the characters have names like that), whose macho bona fides are established in the opening sequence in which he’s shown doing shirtless pull-ups and push-ups, his chiseled musculature clearly earned the hard way.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
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My legs ferried me past terraced rice paddies, two goats chomping hay at a farmstead, and a woodworker’s shed of chiseled lucky owls.
—Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Ruffles which were located towards the lower right section of her design gave it a chiseled look.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 May 2024
This is the acme of the true fantasy—not attracting a young man with chiseled cheekbones, perfect teeth, and the ability to wear a thick cardigan on a very hot day without even a bead of sweat—but actually being noticed.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 May 2024
The British actor plays the lead role of Cash (all the characters have names like that), whose macho bona fides are established in the opening sequence in which he’s shown doing shirtless pull-ups and push-ups, his chiseled musculature clearly earned the hard way.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
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