Weyrlings were busy with knives carving flesh off the bones, or at the table chopping raw meat into dragonet morsels.

It was possible to imagine such a man taking pleasure from the pain of another, carving flesh the carefree manner of any country gentleman lazily whittling a twig.

There was a time for talk and a time to carve flesh.

The heavy blow had not gone deep enough to shatter bone, but it had carved flesh and muscle, doubtlessly driving rings deep into the wound.

Screams, oaths, the clang of swords on swords and the chunk of swords carving human flesh rose into the night.

They were carving flesh from arm and thigh and softly laughing as they ate.

The servers who meandered about with platters and cups and who carved flesh off the writhing, caged humans were also new to her.

I stood in the Hall of Ritual and saw, in the glass case, the sacrificial knife which had carved flesh.

A sharp knife is an important tool in preserve making, especially marmalade, for which you need to carve the rind and flesh of the fruit.