Carved example sentences

Amongst the states that were carved out of the old Mughal provinces in the eighteenth century, three stand out very prominently.Immediately he put the porridge pot on the fire and gave him supper; then he carved off such a big slice from his tobacco roll that it was enough both for the stranger's pipe and his own.For instance, the central dome of the iceroy's Palace was copied from the Buddhist stupa at Sanchi, and the red sandstone and carved screens or jalis were borrowed from Mughal architecture.Shivaji (1627-1680) carved out a stable kingdom with the support of powerful warrior families (deshmukhs).Landlords sliced up pasturelands, carved up open fields, cut up forest commons, took over marshes, and turned larger and larger areas into agricultural fields.The townspeople are all praise for its architect Kunjaramallan Rajaraja Perunthachchan who has proudly carved his name on the temple wall.