roughhewn

ADJECTIVE
  1. of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
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  • It is a "museum of the managed American countryside," preserving the roughhewn log cabin of the mountain pioneer, the summer home of a textile magnate, and traces of early industries such as logging railways and an old canal. Proposal: A great deal on a New Deal
  • I wish the exhibition had been arranged chronologically instead of by theme ( "Landscape Painting as a Science" or "The Rhythm of the Working Hand"): It would have been thrilling to follow the transition from gorgeous anecdotalist to roughhewn mystic. Give a Painter His Due: Inness Deserves Top Honors
  • The ceiling is low and the furniture is roughhewn. Memory Wall
  • Directed by Thomas Kail ( "In the Heights") and based on a book by David Maraniss, an associate editor of The Washington Post, the 90-minute piece is a boilerplate character study that efficiently evokes a roughhewn football life in the mid-1960s, but fails to stir up much in the way of magnetizing drama. Theater review: 'Time Stands Still' and 'Lombardi' on Broadway
  • Soderbergh uses three non-professionals, each with remarkable screen presence and roughhewn beauty, to enact an unlikely love triangle/sociological study.
  • But the aforementioned compositions do not capture the roughhewn joy of newlyweds, the married couple of fifty years, and those who have transitioned from tempestuous waters to calmer seas in matrimony. Andrew Wilkes: Appreciation For The 'Sacred Dance' Of Marriage
  • Between the drab gray walls, the roughhewn stone floors, and the school crest and Arthurian-themed tapestries hanging here and there, the place had quite an imposing air. Among the Ghosts
  • It's home to the 12th-century Jagannatha temple and three roughhewn (and highly sacred) wooden statues. 10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites You Need to See
  • Photograph by François Halard RUSTIC CHARM | The dining area features roughhewn furniture, which works nicely against the roof beams. Country Living
  • What the brawny actor lacks in emotive range, he more than makes up for with an appealing, roughhewn charisma.
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