hewn

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But when he got it right, his lyrics had an aphoristic directness that made them seem more hewn than written.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Its throwing arm, currently at 12 o’clock, weighs 360 pounds and is not hewn or sanded; knots are visible in the wood.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

The roughly hewn goober had been strapped to the back of a logging truck, hauled across the country and parked near the White House.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

Other kinds of complex technologies also developed in the Middle Pleistocene, including wooden structures constructed with logs hewn using hafted tools, which are stone blades affixed to wooden or bone handles.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2024

She told herself that it was foolish and sinful to look backward when her safety lay before her, like a hiding-place hewn in the side of the mountain.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin