mallet

Example Sentences

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Not exactly the best start for an aspiring polo player - a sport which involves charging around on a horse while hitting a ball with a large mallet.

From BBC

While interrogating Dan, Larry is seen hitting his stomach repeatedly with a mallet and gripping his tongue with a set of pliers.

From Salon

Place the pad on the plank you want to move, top that with the wood, then brace the wood with your feet and hit the end of it with the mallet until the gap closes.

From Washington Post

He sometimes softly strikes those strings with a mallet for the barest halo of sound, and at one point loudly blows a whistle directly at the audience; Lidholm doesn’t shy from arresting theatricality.

From New York Times

Stationed deep in the bleachers, he steadily urged the team on by rhythmically banging his drum with two mallets.

From New York Times