hammer

Example Sentences

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If a player is especially tough and violent on the field, the Chargers will affix a magnetic hammer sticker next to his name on the draft board.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

It is always easy to look back after world events hammer stocks and repeat the lesson that most investors are better off not reacting during a time of crisis.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

That news is a hammer blow for them.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“My key role was I sat on the phone a lot,” Vance quipped recently to reporters about helping to hammer out a cease-fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

But the forge was a very short distance off, and I went towards it under the sweet green limes, listening for the clink of Joe’s hammer.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens