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- adjective hewn
roughly without a neatfinish
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Examples
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With its rough-hewn stone walls and arched, stained glass windows, the tiny church is the picture of New England charm.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Chernow pumps up descriptions as if he were Stan Lee writing about Spider-Man: The "powerfully rough-hewn" Washington's "matchless strength" increases to "superhuman strength" in the same paragraph.
Ron Chernow's "Washington," reviewed by T.J. Stiles Post 2010
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The overall effect is rough-hewn, but there is an inherent intellectual precision at work.
Daniel J. Kushner: "Text Painting": Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara at Tibor de Nagy Gallery Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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The overall effect is rough-hewn, but there is an inherent intellectual precision at work.
Daniel J. Kushner: "Text Painting": Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara at Tibor de Nagy Gallery Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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The overall effect is rough-hewn, but there is an inherent intellectual precision at work.
Daniel J. Kushner: "Text Painting": Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara at Tibor de Nagy Gallery Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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Chernow pumps up descriptions as if he were Stan Lee writing about Spider-Man: The "powerfully rough-hewn" Washington's "matchless strength" increases to "superhuman strength" in the same paragraph.
Ron Chernow's "Washington," reviewed by T.J. Stiles T.J. Stiles 2010
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The club-fist would fit forever, though was rough-hewn with the beatings she gave it.
Good Country. People. Heather Fowler 2011
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The canvas shows a rough-hewn shepherd with a moustache and brown cap, seen in profile and from the waist up, his shirt fallen off his shoulder and the instrument resting on his knee.
At National Gallery, two paintings by one Dutch master add up to a sublime exhibition 2011
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Standing at the top of the rough-hewn staircase, Spock pressed his ear against the cold stone surface and listened.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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At the far end of the room a metal staircase descended into a rocky, rough-hewn shaft.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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