hew
verb (used with object)
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
are hewing
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present progressiveof hew.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Some Chinese magnet makers have appointed compliance officers to ensure their exports are hewing to the law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
In a way, though, even these outliers are hewing to custom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2016
Luckily, though, the New York and New Jersey communities hit hardest by Sandy are hewing closer to Rebecca Solnit’s vision.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2012
"We, too, are hewing out a commonwealth...which we hope will give to its people...the fulfillment of security, of freedom, of opportunity..." the President told an audience of "pioneers of 1934."
From Time Magazine Archive
They are hewing the hatch-cover with their axes.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
