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

The Josh O’Connor-led drama “Rebuilding” hones in on a rancher whose property is destroyed by a wildfire, following him as he tries to find hope and community in the aftermath of devastation.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025

Each project is filled with an energy he hones through an alter ego filled with confidence, smoothness and aggression.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 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

There was the moment of intermingling with a noise like thunder, the spectacle of broken lances sailing in the air while hones pawed that dement before they went down backward.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White