rough-hewn
Example Sentences
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Directors Shari Cookson and Nick Doob also shot the film and did the sound; it has that rough-hewn feel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
His vocal addendum is a wax stamp finalizing the rough-hewn collection of distinct voices.”
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025
And it’s earned Fisk his third Oscar nomination, a capstone to a career crafting rough-hewn on-screen worlds with such fine-grained dimensionality that you feel as though you walked through them.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024
Avilés’ technique has grown looser, more mobile and rough-hewn than in her 2018 debut feature, “The Chambermaid,” a meticulously composed portrait of a worker in a luxury hotel.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024
He’s rough-hewn like a jock, but his multiple piercings tell me he’s not.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
