hew
verb (used with object)
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
has hewed
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present perfectof hew (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Under Mr. Tshisekedi, Congo has hewed closely to U.S. foreign policy.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
While California lawmakers have striven to balance the need to support the cryptocurrency industry and protect consumers, recent legislation has hewed toward tighter state regulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
First Amendment law has hewed closely to Mill’s harm principle, permitting all sorts of disreptuable speech and behaviour that do not pose an imminent physical threat.
From Economist ● Oct. 12, 2017
Since it made its debut in April 2007, the publication has hewed to its own course, focusing on everything Southern from ham biscuits to bird-dog trainers. Its tone is chatty, never preachy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2016
For the axe has hewed me, and the plough has furrered; and the arnin' of gold by my own elbow-grease has give' me the shrewd eye at a bargain.
From Contemporary One-Act Plays by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
