How to Use rough-hewn in a Sentence

rough-hewn

adjective
  • Passages Jamie Reid, the artist who helped give British punk rock its edgy, rough-hewn look, has died at 76.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Inside the cup, the glaze coats a rough-hewn interior that differs from cup to cup.
    — Jaina Grey, WIRED, 22 Apr. 2024
  • There’s stealth in Garrone’s approach: for the most part, the story sticks to a low-key, rough-hewn verisimilitude.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Clean lines, rough-hewn textures, and a neutral palette are a few of its Asian influences.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Powder Room The counter, made from a custom walnut live-edge slab, is paired with a rough-hewn stone vessel sink by TashMart.
    — Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Unique features: This rustic-looking log house in Reisterstown has the feel of a rough-hewn homestead yet the trappings of a high-tech lifestyle.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The three-story post-and-beam home was built in 2013 and merges the best of country charm (think rough-hewn beams and a wood-burning fieldstone fireplace) with plenty of modern amenities.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 31 May 2023
  • In Arnulfo Maldonado’s rough-hewn set, the house is a mossy cabin, lit with lanterns, set among tall, shadowy trees.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Photo : Nolasco Studios The entry steps down into a living room topped with rough-hewn beams.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Fetterman has lost a significant amount of weight since his stroke, shedding the hulking image that has long been part of his rough-hewn profile.
    — oregonlive, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Trade the weathered finishes and rough-hewn woods of traditional rustic style for something bolder with the Meisel Floor Mirror.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The city has tried to turn the page on George Floyd Square as a rough-hewn protest site by putting forward a plan to revamp the streets and sidewalks and setting aside the lot of a shuttered gas station to build a memorial or community center.
    — Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • The young vineyards are planted on rocky slopes, steps from a delightfully rough-hewn tasting room at the top of the hill, giving them maximum benefit from the marine breezes blowing in from the Atlantic.
    — Paola Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 July 2024
  • There is no grand lobby with barrel vault ceiling; instead, the viewer is greeted by the sloping walls and gentle asymmetries of a rough-hewn cave, our most archaic form of shelter.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Despite this, there’s a rough-hewn beauty to much of the earthy image-making, with Gonneville’s distinctive camerawork matched by lighting and location teams.
    — Catherine Bray, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
  • In a clearing on a Calvary-esque crag, there also stands silhouetted a rough-hewn wooden cross, on which the cruciform figure is that of a miner, in helmet and overalls.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 8 July 2023
  • Moroney has built her profile as a prolific songwriter with a rough-hewn voice reminiscent of early Miley Cyrus.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Two very different detectives are thrown together to work the case — a fastidious sergeant played by Kate Box and a more rough-hewn investigator played by Madeleine Sami.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
  • The rustic-contemporary house has whole-log posts, rough-hewn beams, and maple, pine, and beech interiors; a main living space with a massive rock fireplace, wall of windows, and open kitchen with breakfast booth; a Japanese bath; and a library.
    — The Week Us, theweek, 16 Apr. 2024
  • His brooding, rough-hewn features were recognizable worldwide, his name a rallying cry from South America to the Vatican.
    — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
  • The tunnel’s entrances, designed by Snøhetta, will feature rough-hewn rock walls, walkways, and a road bridge to blend with the natural landscape and provide scenic viewpoints, potentially boosting local tourism too.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Each of the 254 rooms here offer that signature quirky Treehouse aesthetic: rough-hewn wood furniture, wood ceiling beams, and colorful patchwork quilts that recreate a childlike sense of being in, well, a treehouse.
    — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Floors are rough-hewn timber planks, beds are canopied in diaphanous white cotton, and freestanding bathtubs are positioned to capitalize on the extraordinary scenery.
    — Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2023
  • One recent exhibit displayed a series of rough-hewn public fountains that evoked post-apocalyptic decay.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The most beautiful physical object is surely the casting mold for a sculpture of the rind of an enormous winter squash, presented as a reliquary atop a rough-hewn altar, that was the centerpiece of an uninhibited 1971 performance.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Naturally, Wiggins’s first priority was to preserve and enhance the spartan cottage’s existing architecture: the façade of rough-hewn local stone, quaint clapboard walls, restored wood floors, and exposed ceiling beams.
    — Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2025
  • This rough-hewn iteration of Wolverine, a.k.a. Logan, could use a little personal redemption anyway, though the majority of the running time finds the two squabbling incessantly in what’s essentially an enemies-to-lovers storyline.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
  • Its rough-hewn stone walls and simply articulated windows and stringcourses were absolutely extraordinary in their ordinariness.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025

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