How to Use saw in a Sentence

saw

1 of 2 noun
  • The sounds of garbage trucks, of saws.
    — David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • But the chain saw doesn't have enough power.
    — Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Then, hours later, came the sound of chain saws.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Score a line across the top of the slab with your saw, knife, or ice pick.
    — Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Cut the clump into sections with a sharp saw or knife.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Cut the shrub down to the ground using a saw or loppers.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
  • That done, use a saw to cut the trunk up into smaller pieces.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The farm provides saws and offers help.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2025
  • At the lakeside, the sound of a saw grinding against stone filled the air.
    — Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Volunteers fired up chain saws to cut a path through the home to get him out.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • No chainsaws, power tools or saws.
    — Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • No chainsaws, power tools or saws.
    — Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
  • No chainsaws, power tools or saws.
    — Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • No chainsaws, power tools or saws.
    — Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • No chainsaws, power tools or saws.
    — Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • The old saw goes that of whom much is given much is expected.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • But as the old saw has it, a lie goes round the world while the truth is tying its bootlaces.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • These notches resemble the teeth on a saw blade.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Before reaching the berries, rough saw-like edges of the palm fronds can scratch the hands and arms.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
  • This plan amounts to a war on both species of owls and the weapons are guns, chain saws, and bulldozers.
    — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Use clean, sharp hand clippers, loppers, or pruning saws to make smooth cuts.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Use the board for easy-to-hang items like saws, scissors, hammers, and pliers.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Fire personnel used a saw to find out the extent of the damage.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Within minutes, Volk heard the sound of a saw cutting through wood.
    — Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The few gas stations that were open saw lines stretching for several blocks long.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The adorable saw-whet is the smallest owl species in New England.
    — Breana Pitts, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The saw comes with a tubular rolling stand for easy portability.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023

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
  • Antonio didn’t like it and wished his doctor would saw the cast off.
    — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 3 May 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 handles of Bertuzzi’s True sticks are sawed off and bare at the end.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Just don’t blame me when your kids start trying to saw the furniture in half at home.
    — Laura Parker, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The thief had sawed through a bronze grille that protected the portrait and its bling.
    — Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Cuts of meat had been taken from both deer's bodies and the antlers had been sawed off of one of them.
    — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Under that amount of strain, the teeth of their ascenders could have sawed through the rope.
    — Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The shell is stiff and leathery, requiring a bit of sawing to open.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Your skin is smooth, except for the calluses on your hands from sawing wood.
    — Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Doctors sawed off part of the bone, smoothed and flattened the rest and closed the wound with skin and soft tissue.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Moving a blade back and forth to try to saw biscuits apart will make their layers stick (and ruin the rise).
    — Ella Quittner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Jonathan Grant used to keep the barracks awake with the tremendous sound of sawing lumber.
    — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The trees were cut down, sawed in half, hollowed out and tied back together for the musicians to use.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Jordan Walker, sawed off by a 96 mph sinker, lined out softly.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Strings play a unison A that quavers under the pressure of sawing bows.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The teen’s sister told police she and her brother were awakened by the sound of sawing noises at their door.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2026
  • But just as Montana’s arms are about to be sawed off, his machine-gunning partner bursts in and rescues him.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
  • And the Chiefs sawed the legs off their throne, gleefully embarrassing them.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Longtime residents gazed at the workers sawing the arms of the tree and expressed sorrow.
    — Samantha Latson, Washington Post, 18 July 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • On his first day at work and only twelve pages into Johnson’s novel, Winston saws off his right hand.
    — Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026

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