hammer

Example Sentences

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That news is a hammer blow for them.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

These numbers cannot convey the giddy, fearful delight of being physically coupled to this 6,371-pound hammer when it leaves Thor’s hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

This week, leading into Wednesday, has formed a bullish hammer.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Official L.A., anxious to mollify angry and frightened Angelenos, dropped the hammer on a plant near downtown L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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