hatchet

Example Sentences

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Most famously, Parson Weems invented from whole cloth the story about young Washington taking a hatchet to his father’s cherry tree, then confessing to it.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

The government took a hatchet to its payrolls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Tottenham were still far too slick for Copenhagen and Van de Ven buried the hatchet in the 64th minute.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

“Well — but it’s happening. This hatchet is falling on the heads of employees all across the nation, and you’re not even prepared to address whether that’s legal, even though that’s what this motion challenges?”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

They went on again, she clinging to one of his arms, the hatchet in his other hand.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner