hew to

verb

hewed to; hewed to or hewn to; hewing to; hews to

US

: to follow or obey (something)

Everyone must hew to the rules/standards.

He is a politician who has always hewed closely to the party line.

Examples of hew to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Stevens is the stay-the-course candidate, hewing to the belief that, despite all the Democratic Party’s problems, certain political verities—manufacturing is Michigan’s lifeblood, Israel is a bipartisan issue in America—remain immutable. — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Article 4 of the PRC constitution guarantees equality for all its 56 ethnic groups, though in reality the national vision hews to a Han Chinese orthodoxy, which avers a direct lineage from the early Yellow River basin tribes. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

While Democrats have an 18 percentage-point voter registration advantage in the 22nd District, its Democratic voters hew to the middle. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

Wandering south like the blind protagonist of a Greek tragedy, Nurul Amin might have hewed to Niagara Street. — Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026

Rhymes for hew to

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou