rough-hewn
Example Sentences
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In places, if you stab at the grass with the heel of your boot, you quickly reach the racing surface: in the early days dirt and later a rough hewn combination of gravel and oil.
From Washington Times • May 31, 2016
Many cemeteries started as family burial grounds, she said, on farmlands with rough, hewn stones for markers.
From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2014
The cheek bones were high, the cheeks slightly hollowed, the nose and lips were rough hewn.
From The Enchanted Canyon by Morrow, Honoré
Billy's were rough hewn and irregular, and his hair and lashes were straight and blond.
From Lydia of the Pines by Morrow, Honoré
His features were still rough hewn but time had hardened their immaturity to a rugged incisiveness.
From The Enchanted Canyon by Morrow, Honoré
