Cautiously, the four ascended the rough-hewn stair-case. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
His face is rough-hewn, almost grotesque like a gargoyle. From Wordnik.com. [A Student in Arms Second Series] Reference
Its face and torso are rough-hewn, like an unfinished sculpture. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Thin lips, slashed across his rough-hewn face, twisted as he spoke. From Wordnik.com. [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference
The exposed beams of the high ceiling were rough-hewn and age-dark. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Reborn]
At present, the archway opened onto only a wall of rough-hewn stone. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
Solid, substantial, of timber rough-hewn from the firs of the forest. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School] Reference
Two smaller chambers appear on either side of the rough-hewn corridor. From Wordnik.com. [Tunnels, Ancient Tomb Clues Surface In Mexico] Reference
He was in some ways rough-hewn and unpolished, but he was a great man. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
Two narrow rough-hewn tunnels led from beneath the centre of the heap. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
Tansy took a candle from a hall table and led him to a rough-hewn door. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
It is a rough-hewn stone, about two feet each way, and ten inches deep. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Story of an Old Rebel] Reference
Sordello, leaning against the rough-hewn wooden wall, had to set his cup beside him. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The mask had been rough-hewn, to begin with; time and exposure had further defaced it. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia de Noël] Reference
I took a low-slung chair, and Johnstone sat opposite me, across a rough-hewn coffee table. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
Philoctetes lives, see his rude bed, rough-hewn cup and rags of clothing, and lay their plot. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
The cottages were built with rough-hewn stone to window height and timber the rest of the way. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon's Kin]
And, at least until they started capitalist reforms, the masses loved these rough-hewn leaders. From Wordnik.com. [Just A Couple Of Good Ole Boys] Reference
Here, before the pulpit of rough-hewn logs, great heaps of straw were strewn thick and broadcast. From Wordnik.com. [Round Anvil Rock A Romance] Reference
In the feeble moonlight he discerned a stairway of rough-hewn steps leading into a cavity in the wall. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
'Go on,' he said, standing there still in rough-hewn dignity, though his lips trembled and his face was pale. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
He wore an immaculate navy blue suit, a far cry from the typical rough-hewn rancher in this part of the state. From Wordnik.com. [Sexy Beast IV]
But it is not perfect like the "Principia;" much of it is rough-hewn, and requires to be thoroughly worked out. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881] Reference
Four rough-hewn cabins hug the sandy shore of a glacial lake that could be just a grander version of Walden Pond. From Wordnik.com. [Alone At Last. . .] Reference
I took the tray from her and followed her with some difficulty out the door and to the rough-hewn bench in the sun. From Wordnik.com. [The Moor]
In Bussy, the man of action, there was a Titanic strain that appealed to Chapman's intractable and rough-hewn genius. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
An outsider, one of the world's common folk, would have made but little out of Randolph's brief, rough-hewn sentences. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
Here most passengers disembark and wait on rough-hewn wooden benches for a vehicle from the other side to pick them up. From Wordnik.com. [WORSE THAN WAR] Reference
Tinariwen have since won audiences and critical acclaim around the world for their rough-hewn, almost mystic blues rock. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 16, 2009] Reference
The wall of the circular stairwell, which Daoud brushed with his fingertips to steady himself, was of rough-hewn black stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
Just at this point those who sat near the railing noticed two odd looking figures toiling up the rough-hewn stairway on the cliff. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Polly At Play] Reference
The structure represents little value to the owner except that of the rough-hewn boards which may be transported to another place. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
In the eight years that followed, he presided over his country's historic transformation from totalitarianism to a rough-hewn democracy. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of An Era] Reference
To the east the bay was separated from Lake Illinois by a long peninsula that lay like a rough-hewn arrow with its point to the polestar. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
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