hewn

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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

Imagine running your fingers over the jagged grey marble from which two gladiatrices were hewn thousands of years ago.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

Other kinds of complex technologies also developed in the Middle Pleistocene, including wooden structures constructed with logs hewn using hafted tools, which are stone blades affixed to wooden or bone handles.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2024

This wall is old, built of rough, square lumps of hewn granite, and it comes from the woods and goes back to the woods once more.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman