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View synonyms for graven image
graven image
noun
- an idol.
graven image
noun
- Bible a carved image used as an idol
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Word History and Origins
Origin of graven image1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences
She sat in her chair quite motionless, but her face had become like the face of some graven image.
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And poor Hannah, the maid, white aproned and capped, would stand behind Aunt Harriet like a miserable conscious graven image.
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Her voice was colorless, like the speech which might be expected from a graven image.
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Nance's gaze shifted to Molly, who might have been turned into a graven image, so still was she sitting.
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The photographer lit one cigarette on the end of another, but otherwise appeared as indifferent as a graven image.
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