hammered away
Example Sentences
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Johan Rojas, the No. 9 hitter, hammered away at Luzardo with a nine-pitch at-bat for a single that opened the third.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
National and international grievances, competing ideologies, and economic self-interest all hammered away at the fragile international order.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
In Yonne, Ms. Le Pen hammered away at the themes that carried her through to the second round.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2022
Over a career that has spanned more than four decades, landscape designer Mia Lehrer has hammered away at those hard surfaces and, in countless places, replaced them with more hospitable landscapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
The goldsmiths and silversmiths hammered away, with small hammers, at gold leaf.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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