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rough-hew

VERB
  1. hew roughly, without finishing the surface
    rough-hew stone or timber

How To Use rough-hew In A Sentence

  • Passion abounds in this romance set on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where the rough-hewn Seth Quinn wins over Drusilla, the town's icy beauty.
  • The rough-hewn boards of the boathouse were grey and weathered. THE MYSTERY OF THE PURPLE PIRATE
  • To shape the ends of wool-skewers, i.e., to _point_ them, requires a degree of skill; any one can _rough-hew_ them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859
  • I sat to read at a rough-hewn and sturdy old desk, as the aroma of meat cooking and fire filled the room.
  • Tennyson, in a "far off divine event, toward which the whole creation moves," or with Shakespeare when he said "There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will. Church Cooperation in Community Life
  • Still, I found it rough-hewn, lacking in nuance, plowing right through the music without a natural flow.
  • Many diced, drank, argued and talked throughout the tavern, mostly on rough-hewn tables and benches that were placed somewhat haphazardly on the sawdust covered floor.
  • All that remained was rough-hewn altar made of stone.
  • The Swedish meatballs are a charming rendition of the Minnesota classic: nicely rough-hewn balls stand sturdily in their tan gravy, guarding fresh-tasting mashed potatoes and enough lingonberries to make you feel fancy.
  • The authorities may well have objected to Rembrandt's characterization of the heroic ancestors of the Dutch as rough-hewn conspirators pledging a sword oath to their half-blind leader.
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