hewing

Example Sentences

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Nonetheless, it saw long-term trends hewing toward streaming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Some vessels have exited the strait after making a brief diversion through a channel between two islands off Iran’s coast, Larak and Qeshm, and hewing close to Iran’s coast.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

But being a politician occasionally requires actual leadership, which means working to persuade voters of the merits of a position, rather than reflexively hewing to public opinion at any given moment.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

Harrell acknowledged the tasks before him while hewing closely to his “One Seattle” mantra.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Meanwhile, as Walter meant to make a clean job of it—hacking and hewing clumsily was repulsive to all his finer feelings—he began also to study carefully the anatomy of the human back.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant