How to Use saw in a Sentence

saw

1 of 2 noun
Definition of sawnext
Synonyms for sawnext
  • Score a line across the top of the slab with your saw, knife, or ice pick.
    — Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The typical way to raise one wheel is to use a saw and make the axle slot in the body deeper.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Volunteers fired up chain saws to cut a path through the home to get him out.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • As the old saw goes, a bad day on the water is better than a good day at work.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 18 Apr. 2023
  • But a key element was Campbell’s DNA, found in the horn and on the still-bloody saw.
    — Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The first test is the stock saw, where competitors cut through a log of wood with a chainsaw.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
  • Fire personnel used a saw to find out the extent of the damage.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2022
  • William also used a saw to cut some logs for a tree den — and Kate even popped inside for a look!
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The log sits still as the operator pushes the saw along.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Hudson and Brandon each take an end of a crosscut saw and get to work felling a tree.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The suspect was then forced to leave their saw in the tree, where it was eventually found by the hunter who owned the stand.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The old saw goes that of whom much is given much is expected.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Workers wielding power saws cut blocks of stone ten feet deep from the sheer face of the mountain.
    — Elaine Sciolino, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
  • They can be cut with tin snips or a tile saw and installed by removing the backing and sticking the tile to the wall.
    — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2024
  • With the cuts complete, use a very sharp, wide chisel to shave off the fingers created by the saw cuts.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Vitaliy did not need to use a saw because the body’s joints were no longer tight — the bone came out easily.
    — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The old saw is that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 500 times.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The film never reclaims the droll touch at the start, which reveals that Ruthie uses the saw to cut a log lodged under the tires of the Uber that brought them there.
    — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
  • Running it dry will damage the chain and possibly other parts of the saw.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
  • Another rally between the two saw Medvedev hit the ball long down the line and gave the championship point to Djokovic.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • To that end, there's a slot on the hacksaw frame to add a reciprocating saw blade.
    — Brittany Vincent, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The blade of a huge circular saw that was abandoned by a tree poacher in the forest was turned into a gong.
    — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This piece is either detachable or fixed to the saw itself.
    — Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2023
  • In the Hottentots Holland mountain range this month, the revs of their chain saws echoed down the escarpment.
    — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The saw comes with a tubular rolling stand for easy portability.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
  • For more great lawn care equipment, check out our picks for the best pole saws, electric chainsaws, and wood splitters.
    — Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The few gas stations that were open saw lines stretching for several blocks long.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Advertisement Sydney, dressed in a pink striped shirt, her hair in twists, looked at the workers with chains and saws in hand.
    — Samantha Latson, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • While the saws screeched, men would mix cement in five-gallon buckets to be poured into the neatly squared divots in the road.
    — William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Video of the incident shows the man entering the store mere seconds before a large saw blade rolls quickly in his direction from across the parking lot.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Advertisement

saw

2 of 2 verb
  • He sawed the boards in half.
  • This blade is too dull for sawing.
  • The flag was sawed off and a small hole was drilled in the soldier’s knee.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The handles of Bertuzzi’s True sticks are sawed off and bare at the end.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The top edge of this cleat is sawed at an angle to match the sides, and the lid hinges are screwed to it.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The tree’s branches are sawed off and the trunk is dragged away by a bulldozer.
    — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The shell is stiff and leathery, requiring a bit of sawing to open.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Just don’t blame me when your kids start trying to saw the furniture in half at home.
    — Laura Parker, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Jonathan Grant used to keep the barracks awake with the tremendous sound of sawing lumber.
    — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Antonio didn’t like it and wished his doctor would saw the cast off.
    — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • The game see-sawed most of the fourth quarter before a Ding 3-pointer put Pinewood in control.
    — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Foundry workers sawed the head of a Robert E. Lee statue in half before melting it down.
    — Hadley Green, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • An unknown person or persons sawed off a scabbard and drilled a hole into the leg of one of the horses.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
  • One apartment frequently catches fire, but the stairs on the fire escape were sawed off and sold as scrap long ago.
    — John Eligon, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Princip’s likeness had to be sawed into pieces and smuggled out of Europe, losing its nose in the fray.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Longtime residents gazed at the workers sawing the arms of the tree and expressed sorrow.
    — Samantha Latson, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • The day after Beethoven died in 1827, a doctor sawed through his skull during an autopsy.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Workers had to saw Axelrod’s house in half to prevent it from falling into the sea.
    — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The tools are sturdy and sharp: there are two blades sharp enough for sawing, a pocketknife perfect for whittling, and two sharp scissors.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
  • In the famous infomercial, Mr. Swift saws an aluminum boat in half and puts it back together with Flex Tape.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 31 May 2023
  • The team sawed out a 25-centimeter-thick portion of the guano and refilled the ring with rocks to avoid disturbing the nest’s current occupants.
    — Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 2 May 2023
  • One of them had been sawed off, police said previously.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • And their Land Cruiser doesn’t have to jockey for position just to get a decent view of the leopard, or to listen to its long, sawing roar.
    — Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2023
  • But then a failing pine tree was cut down on his property and sawed into three parts that are each long enough to be transformed into a bench.
    — Jeastman, oregonlive, 28 June 2023
  • The video also reportedly shows one of the young men apparently being forced to saw off his friend's head with a knife, per CBS.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The writer Lauren Groff, who moved to the state 18 years ago, recalled another Florida meme, in which someone saws the dangling state off the map.
    — Patricia Mazzei Jason Andrew, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Keeping It Up The absolute best way to keep your saw blades sharp and running well is to touch them up after every sawing session.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
  • At the end of the interview, the Russian sympathizer, who was in his 70s, cheerful and full of life, plodded into his garden and started sawing down a bunch of grapes.
    — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • With a gentle sawing motion, cut along each membrane to release grapefruit sections into a small bowl.
    — Dana Bowen / Photography By Landon Speers For The Wall Street Journal , WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
  • My tests included slicing into a ripe tomato, not sawing.
    — Justin Park, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'saw.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: