rough-hewed

Over three meters tall, and made of rough-hewed, coarsely colored cedar blocks, the two figures, each wearing a hat with the word "zero" scrawled across, have a savageness that seems at odds with the apparent serenity of his paintings.

A Change of Expression 2010

Chretien, 59, is a rough-hewed French Canadian who water-skis in his bare feet, admires Harry Truman and is stubbornly determined to keep his native Quebec from seceding.

'Yesterday's Man' Is Back 2008

Eighteen youthful heads -- boys 'crisply shaven, girls' neatly bobbed -- bend over rough-hewed wooden desks, copying a curly script from a dog-eared textbook into their exercise books.

A Written Thread 2008

The door at the end of the row led to a wide chamber and from the back of this room Karnak could see the rough-hewed entrance to the mountain tunnel.

Waylander Gemmell, David 1986

Listening to all of the attempt to keep up (or at least catch up) with Bob makes this some great rough-hewed risky rock that demands as many repeated listenings as something as exquisite and intricately constructed as say ­Pet Sounds.

Bringing It All Back Home 1965

There was a dresser, a bed, and three chairs, and all of these articles of furniture had been rough-hewed out of logs, giving the place a delightfully rustic appearance.

The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge or, the Hermit of Moonlight Falls Laura Lee Hope

Across from them an aged Hillman sat in a rough-hewed, high-backed chair.

Terry A Tale of the Hill People Charles Goff Thomson

There was a dresser, a bed, and three chairs, and all of these articles of furniture had been rough-hewed out of logs, giving the place a delightfully rustic appearance.

The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls Laura Lee Hope

Then I sheared off all the light wood on the growing olive tree, and I rough-hewed the trunk with the adze, and I made the tree into a bed post.

The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Padraic Colum 1926

There was a dresser, a bed, and three chairs, and all of these articles of furniture had been rough-hewed out of logs, giving the place a delightfully rustic appearance.

The outdoor girls at Wild Rose lodge; or, The hermit of Moonlight falls 1921