hammer away

Example Sentences

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Having friends hammer away beside you, faces lighted by the same bureaucratic glow, somehow makes dreaded tasks manageable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

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

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

I position the chisel on the other side of the stone and try to hammer away their voices but I can’t.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson