How to Use hone in a Sentence

hone

verb
  • The camp became one of the biggest stages in the area for girls to hone their skills.
    James Kay, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2022
  • There is no time to hone his stroke or find his rhythm.
    Lee Jenkins, SI.com, 2 June 2018
  • Instead, the best way to tame a fear of failure is to hone courage.
    Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Every black man should get a young white girl hoe to hone up on ...
    David J. Krajicek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • Be ready to let go of control and hone your inner growth.
    Venus Australis, refinery29.com, 1 Apr. 2020
  • All the while, fine motor skills are honed, and busy minds are soothed.
    Tanya Edwards, Parents, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Parrot’s tricks were clean; all eyes honed on the big screen, which showed the score.
    Sean Gregory/bongpyeong, Time, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Give yourself a few years to build up these muscles and hone these traits.
    Richard Thalheimer, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The diamond edge will bring a blade back to life and the ceramic rod will hone it.
    Ben Romans, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Stage 2 has hardened steel discs to shape and hone the edge.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Grier did, in fact, pass on a lot of projects to pursue work on the stage and hone her craft.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • But young talents need theaters like this one to hone their craft.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The key is to look for ways to develop and hone your skills actively.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
  • That was four and a half years ago; since then, she’s been honing her craft.
    Sakeina Syed, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
  • His goal was to hone her gymnastics skills while keeping the sport fun.
    New York Times, 29 July 2021
  • For the past few months, the post office and its windows have been helping adults hone a trade.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 15 July 2021
  • So get out there and hone your treasure-hunting skills.
    Paige Triola, Popular Mechanics, 26 Oct. 2019
  • The other has ceramic rods that will hone that edge to a razor.
    Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023
  • What does this say to kids who spent months honing their skills if anyone can join?
    Spencer Whitney, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 2018
  • Most would rather play a match than hone a skill through repetitive drilling.
    David Segal, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2019
  • This interactive skill might not seem to be one that is best honed alone.
    The Economist, 18 Apr. 2020
  • She was never trained as an actress, but her eye for style was honed among the sharpest arbiters of the day.
    Cindy Dampier, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2018
  • This was a great place to hone one’s inner gyroscope, and these were great cars to do it in.
    Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Hill is student of pitching, looking for any way to hone her craft.
    Michael Osipoff, Post-Tribune, 2 June 2017
  • Make sure to hone these closing skills. Join the AI side.
    Tyler Christiansen, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Better to keep it simple and hone the focus of your product.
    Liz Giorgi, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • With that, the mono-to-braid transition era has helped many anglers to hone their skills.
    The Editors, Outdoor Life, 22 June 2020
  • Start by wetting the surface of the stone with either honing oil or plain water.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020
  • There’s just enough genuine art in the exhibition to hone this point.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Some, like a bartender or cook, want to practice and hone their craft and getting paid is a bonus.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2022

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