Example Sentences

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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

And that is entirely in keeping with a race that has hewed to a fairly standard configuration.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2016

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

But in recent months, Mr. Najib has hewed to a hard line.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2015

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 Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)