Example Sentences

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The other reason was we were hammers and so we saw everything as a nail.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Among the works is a giant dinosaur fossil made from hammers, knives and spanners, a snake made from an old bicycle chain and a bull's nostrils formed from a vintage gas mask.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Throughout this decimated-but-not-dead neighborhood, she heard hammers striking, trucks rumbling, construction workers chattering.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Sifma’s Bentsen thinks that real listing reforms won’t happen until the SEC convenes all the competing exchanges and hammers out common standards.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

From nowhere, as it seemed, piles of dry brushwood for fuel, a little anvil, hammers, tongs, and bellows were produced.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis