Sentence examples for was sawn from inspiring English sources
noun
A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
The bread was sawn, slices waiting on the board, butter beside them.
In 1984 her right arm was sawn off and stolen, only to be returned days later.
In 1964 her head was sawn off and stolen by political artists and a new head had to be made.
Members of the gang told police how they had played loud music to drown out the noise as his body was sawn into pieces.
The African elephant, whose left tusk was sawn off, was a gift from a Portuguese king to Louis XIV in 1668.
Several parameters, such as silviculture, moisture content and radial position in the log in relation to the pith from where the specimen was sawn, were considered.
Then the skull was sawed open, and the brain, too, was removed.
Mr. Collinson was sawing wood for a gate, not sweeping concrete foundation.
Someone was sawing something furiously on the stage, so you couldn't have heard her anyway.
She twitched at the seatbelt, which was sawing into her throat.
In 2002, when Red Sox baseball great Ted Williams died, his head was sawed off and frozen.
