We carved an ice sculpture. Who is going to carve the turkey? He carved while I made the gravy.
Recent Examples on the WebScouts praised his ability to handle the ball and do the little things to affect winning, but now in his fifth year in the NBA, Brown has never been able to carve out a major role for himself. Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022 King, meanwhile, is looking to carve out a role after moving from tight end. Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022 All our guys have to earn a role and have to carve it out.cleveland, 7 Aug. 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, 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 His violent running style (13th in the nation in yards after contact), impeccable ball security (zero fumbles in college) and experience on special teams (278 career snaps) should allow Haskins to carve out a supplemental role in the NFL. Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2022 The best way to do this is to carve out your own market niche. Abdo Riani, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 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 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan; akin to Old High German kerban to notch, Greek graphein to scratch, write