hammer

Example Sentences

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Skeptics argued that once a piano hammer strikes a string, the resulting tone is determined almost entirely by the instrument itself.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

“I’m just a shot guy right now, but I’d like to do the shot and hammer throw in college,” Kensinger said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

This week, the stock is once again testing the familiar $20 support zone while a bullish hammer appears to be forming.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The hammer is the state law, and the nail is the agency.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

You can’t hammer two coconuts together, she decided, but if I had a thin piece of board…and lined the coconuts in rows…I could hammer a nail through the board and into the coconuts.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr