How to Use sculpt in a Sentence

sculpt

verb
  • Sculpt your back with push-ups.
  • She carefully sculpted the wood.
  • The children painted and sculpted all morning.
  • To perfect your squat, grow your glutes, and sculpt your legs, this is the place to start.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The movie is black-and-white and every face in it seems to be sculpted from light.
    Bela Shayevich, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Two branches of the tree were sculpted to look like a woman’s arms open to the sky.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 28 June 2023
  • During the day, the group sculpted a statue of an elephant out of mud.
    Dino Grandoni and Kim Bellware, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The clearest view of her short nails, which were sculpted by her go-to artist Saccia, is on the third slide.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 14 July 2023
  • The star was toned all over, but her abs looked super sculpted in a see-through black lace dress.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • They're fitted through the thighs and subtly flared at the bottom, while the high-rise waist smooths and sculpts your stomach.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The high rise and sculpting fabric hugs you in all the right places while elongating your legs.
    Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Hoodoos are rocky spires that have been sculpted by erosion over time.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
  • The piece consists of 38 small sculptures, each on its own shelf, each sculpted out of air-dry clay.
    Robert Boyd, Chron, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The artist, Meredith Bergmann, first sculpted the figure in clay.
    Grace Ashford Cindy Schultz, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Slush collects into round shapes and the waves sculpt the ice chunks into orbs.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Of course, this legend is still as strong and sculpted as ever.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • On her cheeks, nothing too brash, just a faint dusting of coral blush to sculpt and define.
    Georgia Day, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Dial worked in the steel mills of Birmingham, Alabama, and would sculpt the slag from the mills.
    Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2023
  • There should be groups that are set up to sculpt this learning process for everybody.
    Michael Gale, Forbes, 10 June 2022
  • Flared at the bottom but sculpted up to the thigh, the leggings are complete with a crossover waistband.
    Monica Bell, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Her base was blended and buffed to perfection with bronzed and sculpted cheeks.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In honor of Presidents’ Day, watch this video to see how it was sculpted.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Her cheeks were sculpted with a contour, and her cheekbones gleamed with a shiny highlight.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Then grab the Foreo Bear 2, also known as the not-so-secret weapon to sculpting cheekbones around the Allure office.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Some of the plastic varieties just have a foam headrest and sculpted indents for the body—lie in them at your own risk.
    Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Best Contour Stick Contour sticks are the easiest means to lift and sculpt the face in seconds.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The company worked directly with Cox to sculpt the doll and develop the gown.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 27 May 2022
  • Set to audio inspired by Rose McGowan’s role in the 1996 thriller Scream, the actress sculpted the perfect jack-o-lantern in the clip.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
  • These high-waist shorts live up to the hype with sculpting panels and invisible seams.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, harpersbazaar.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Below, Ono walks us through her secret to defining and sculpting the face.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 1 Dec. 2023

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