anvil

Example Sentences

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So when he duly exclaims “I’ve got it all,” you can practically hear the anvil of ironic doom shifting into position above his head.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Every fourth or fifth joke has the air of having been hammered out on an anvil, and a few might have been better left in the smithery.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025

Les Capon, project manager with AOC Archaeology, said he believed part of the area could have been a blacksmith's workshop after discovering evidence of a forge and an anvil.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

The model shows that changes in the area of anvil clouds have a much weaker impact on global warming than previously thought.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2024

This was a little little town, a general store under a tree and a blacksmith shop and a bench in front on which to sit and listen to the clang of hammer on anvil.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck