Explore Hew through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like carve or strike. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hew in a sentence
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Hew meaning
- To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
- To shape; to form.
- To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
Using Hew
- The main meaning on this page is: To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down. | To shape; to form. | To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
- Useful related words include: hew out, carve, strike.
- In the example corpus, hew often appears in combinations such as: hew to, to hew, joey hew.
Context around Hew
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hew
- In this selection, "hew" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, joey, actually, richard, closer, praised and closely stand out and add context to how "hew" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and lift hew the wood and appear to hew to their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hew" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hew
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another fine mess brought to you by Jokey Hew. (9 words)
His dying wish was to be click bait at a hew-haw wedding. (13 words)
Sir Hew praised those who set up the commemoration in Peebles particularly Adrian Lucas who could not attend. (18 words)
That’s enough reason to check it out, because honestly, given how closely these live-action films appear to hew to their animated source material, that’s probably the biggest change you’re going to see in this version of the classic tale. (43 words)
The memo claims that San Jose council districts 3, 5 and 7—by far the poorest and most ethnically diverse wards in the city—would suffer most from changing the election cycle, should turnout hew to the national trend. (39 words)
He said it should be understood that the basis of a successful nation begins with better and caring treatment of those who toil and sweat, bend and lift, hew the wood and draw the water for society to prosper. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
But showrunner Steven Zaillian (“The Night Of”) may actually hew closer to the character’s origins in Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 page-turner.
CUC President and CEO Richard Hew said that the company “continues to focus on our capital investment and infrastructure projects with an emphasis on sustainability.
Ghada Abdulfattah is seeing people around her not only hew to a key tenet of the holy month – charity – but express it more strongly despite daily danger, damaged homes, and extreme food shortages.
Instead, Deputy PPM Leader Joey Hew has taken aim at the sustainability minister’s decision to “abandon” the ReGen deal, accusing the current government of creating more uncertainty and risk.
Sir Hew praised those who set up the commemoration in Peebles particularly Adrian Lucas who could not attend.
Another fine mess brought to you by Jokey Hew.
Other counties hew to C.D.C. guidance by also reporting probable cases based on a doctor’s assessment of a patient’s symptoms, or on less sensitive rapid tests.
As a nascent venture, Amazon Studios was forced to hew closely to one of Amazon’s Leadership Principles: Frugality.
But BMW’s concepts generally hew very closely to how they’ll look in production (see also: the very existence of the i8) so I’d be very surprised if it gets big changes.
Hew and his co-workers liked to eat half boiled eggs for breakfast, which turned out hard-boiled instead when they tried to make them.
His dying wish was to be click bait at a hew-haw wedding.
Planning Minister Hon. Joey Hew made the announcement Friday (15 March) at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor’s 4th biennial Property and Construction Conference.
That’s enough reason to check it out, because honestly, given how closely these live-action films appear to hew to their animated source material, that’s probably the biggest change you’re going to see in this version of the classic tale.
The memo claims that San Jose council districts 3, 5 and 7—by far the poorest and most ethnically diverse wards in the city—would suffer most from changing the election cycle, should turnout hew to the national trend.
This isn’t like the Netanyahu we have known, who for the most part knew how to hew to the necessary separation between Israel’s security and party politics.
With this comes the reduction of power in Washington, DC and the federal government as states hew more closely to their compact alliances.
Cabinet members Alden McLaughlin, Roy McTaggart, Moses Kirkonnell, Joey Hew are all members as are many members of statutory boards including political appointees.
He said it should be understood that the basis of a successful nation begins with better and caring treatment of those who toil and sweat, bend and lift, hew the wood and draw the water for society to prosper.
In her last race of the games, Cayman’s Lauren Hew placed 8th in the preliminary heat of the 50 meter backstroke with a time of 31.35 seconds.
New analysis using genomic data by forensic artist Hew Morrison revealed what Ava's face might have looked like.
Common combinations with hew
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hew to 6×
- to hew 5×
- joey hew 3×
- hew and 3×
- hew closely 2×
- artist hew 2×
- hew morrison 2×