hew stone
Frequency: 3.00.8 per million words
to shape stone by cutting or chopping
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- The walls were hewn from local stone.
- Ancient masons used simple tools to hew stone for their monuments.
- He spent years learning how to expertly hew stone into various shapes.
- The sculptor began to hew the rough stone, revealing the form within.
- It required great strength to hew such hard stone by hand.
- The workers will hew the stone blocks before they are transported.
- Having hewn the stone for the foundation, they could begin construction.
- The sound of hammers hewing stone echoed through the quarry.
- This technique allows them to hew stone with remarkable precision.
- Generations of craftsmen have continued to hew stone using traditional methods.