- past participle of hew.
hewn
Example Sentences
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Video released by the US Justice Department shows apparently well-made concrete steps leading into the tunnel, which appears to be hewn from rock and with a concrete floor.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
But when he got it right, his lyrics had an aphoristic directness that made them seem more hewn than written.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Its throwing arm, currently at 12 o’clock, weighs 360 pounds and is not hewn or sanded; knots are visible in the wood.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
This same water, reprocessed as waste, is dumped into hewn ice caverns.
From Salon ● May 29, 2023
In steep places stairs of stone had been hewn, but now they were cracked and worn, and split by the roots of trees.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
