Example Sentences

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Changes in credit card rates will hew closely to the Fed’s moves, so consumers can expect to pay more on any revolving debt.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2022

But there is virtually no chance the version lawmakers will send to Youngkin will hew exactly to what Northam is putting in.

From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2021

Mr. Barr has said he will hew closely to the rules, which give him the option of sharing only a bare-bones accounting of the Mueller report.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2019

And that allows McConnell to retain hope that Trump, in the end, will hew to mainstream GOP views.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2017

An educated and scientific carpenter will hew and mortise the timbers to fit the keys that bind the frame to a complete and solid house, so that storm and winds pass it by unharmed.

From Alice Cogswell Bemis A Sketch by a Friend by Anonymous