hammer away at
Example Sentences
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Hibs began to hammer away at the Rangers defence and Jon McLaughlin superbly foiled a near-post header from Lewis Miller before Bushiri's shot bounced agonisingly wide off a team-mate.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2022
Defense attorneys, however, will hammer away at the credibility of undercover FBI agents and informants who fooled the group into thinking they were allies.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2022
I used to hammer away at wanting to see marriage equality.
From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2021
Mr. Mattis acknowledged Tuesday the position White House national security strategists were putting Congress, as well as the Pentagon, as the administration continues to hammer away at a proposed strategy for Afghanistan.
From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2017
She made him light his pipe again and soon the man felt his tired nerves relax while the weary brain ceased to hammer away at the problems it could not solve.
From The Calling of Dan Matthews by Wright, Harold Bell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
