hones

Example Sentences

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Even as China hones its formal sanctions toolkit, it still turns to informal methods when legal and political justification is thin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

What follows are musical snapshots of an artist, who on the lam from himself, hones a style that will forever change the landscape of modern music.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

The band hones their act with tiny club gigs, and by New Year’s Eve, lands a support slot on the bill with Blue Öyster Cult.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

This hones in on an idea that has been around for centuries and it's fun.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2023

You should assume from the outset that if you find a skeleton six feet deep in the earth that the hones are a lot newer than the dirt around them.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann