hammer

Example Sentences

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“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

Gap declined 26% overall and 19% year to date, but is testing $20 support with a bullish hammer, targeting $30 for a 44% gain.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Usually, the National Security Council holds interagency meetings—first among midlevel experts, then with Cabinet secretaries and the president himself—to hammer out positions on various major issues.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

Beijing’s top trade envoy, Liu He, engaged in roughly a dozen rounds of negotiations with Washington, often with large delegations, to hammer out a pact.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

But today each footstep was a hammer pounding on her heart.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis