hammering away
Example Sentences
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Applebee’s has had success hammering away at a specific message.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Not far from the Estonian capital, Tallinn, at the tip of the railway, dozens of workers are welding and hammering away at the new Ülemiste passenger terminal.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024
Doing something for the principle of the thing can sound pathetic, like you’re hammering away at a wall you stand no chance of breaking, performing a pointless task just to make yourself feel better.
From Slate ● May 13, 2023
When engineers watched the lander’s video footage of its attempt to deploy the mole, they realized something was wrong: the 16-inch-long pile driver was hammering away, but wasn’t getting anywhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
And before Coll could answer, he snatched the tongs, flung a strip.of red-hot iron to the anvil, and began hammering away as fast as he could.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
