hew
verb (used with object)
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
has hewn
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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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But neighboring McDowell County has hewn more closely to the governor’s orders - they’re following the state’s definition of “essential” businesses.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2020
Pence, who has hewn more closely to Republican orthodoxy than his boss President Donald Trump, will attend the Munich Security Conference this weekend and will visit Brussels.
From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2017
This past summer one of the oldest documented trees Wood Ingenuity has hewn came to them from the farm of Henrietta Wood.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2016
It's not too difficult to see how Williams has hewn the play from his own experience.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2011
By the time one gets there, one has hewn and hacked one's way through 702 large pages of fine print—97 long chapters, more than 250,000 words.
From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
