honed; honing
1
: to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
2
: to make more acute, intense, or effective : whet
helped her hone her comic timing—
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honer
noun
honed; honing
Examples of hone in a Sentence
Verb (1)
honed the knife's blade to razor-like sharpness
honed his crossword-puzzle skills by reading the dictionary as though it were a thrilling novel
honed the edge of the axe until it was amazingly sharp
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
Instead, its parent company, Technip Energies, will leverage the expertise of its fellow subsidiary Zimmer Polymer Technologies, which has been honing polyester production for the past seven decades.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 20 May 2025
But Netflix is increasingly one of the only major streamers to lean on the binge model, with other streamers each honing their own approaches over time in the post-COVID boom when so many platforms launched at once in a race to catch Netflix.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
This creates an echo chamber where a small number of skills get honed endlessly and everything else gets ignored.
—Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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Verb
Other game modes include a clutch mode where a player’s skills can be honed and tested.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
Instead, its parent company, Technip Energies, will leverage the expertise of its fellow subsidiary Zimmer Polymer Technologies, which has been honing polyester production for the past seven decades.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 20 May 2025
But Netflix is increasingly one of the only major streamers to lean on the binge model, with other streamers each honing their own approaches over time in the post-COVID boom when so many platforms launched at once in a race to catch Netflix.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
This creates an echo chamber where a small number of skills get honed endlessly and everything else gets ignored.
—Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for hone
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“Hone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hone. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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