How to Use hammer in a Sentence

hammer

1 of 2 noun
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  • And here’s the best bit: no need for drills or hammers.
    — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Hot metal is laid across the hardy and struck with a hammer.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Foot by foot, the rig’s hammer slammed the pillar into the ground with the rhythmic beat of a metronome.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Williamson also bound the couple’s 10-year-son and hit him in the head with a hammer.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Mind you, this drill has a hammer function at that weight.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2023
  • His feet grow bruised, his heart hammers, and his shirt and trousers become soaked with sweat.
    — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Lena Brown is a recluse who doesn’t have a lock on her door and so sleeps with a hammer by her pillow.
    — Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Thanks for teaching me about the glass ceiling—and then showing me how to swing a hammer.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Early cans, a niche item, were opened with a chisel and hammer.
    — Leo Deluca, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2023
  • Your hammer is always equipped and has the large block bashing move from the second game.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • David DePape bashing Paul Pelosi over the head with a hammer.
    — Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The object turned out to be a foot-long hammer, according to the letter.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The offender then returned with a hammer and smashed one of the bar’s windows.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The logo depicts a big bee in a sailor cap holding a hammer, a wrench, and a machine gun.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • Use a hammer and nails to fix loose deck boards and level out any nails that are sticking up.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2023
  • One bar had been bashed in with a hammer while all the TVs were spray-painted with graffiti.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Tapes played in court showed that Mr. Pelosi called the police who arrived to find the men struggling for control of a hammer.
    — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The rest of the budget was spent on tools for leatherwork such as hammers, skivers, punches, needles and thread.
    — Sanvi Bangalore, CBS News, 29 June 2023
  • Use a hammer and nail to affix them to the back of a thick wooden cutting board, with your picture in the center.
    — Ella Quittner, Bon Appétit, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Desire can also be a blunt instrument, a hammer clang to the heart.
    — Kristen Arnett, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • Witnesses said the man was seen bludgeoning the shark with a hammer.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The pit is outfitted with a few special tools like a wrench, hammer, oil can, and a nut driver.
    — Sal Vaglica, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2023
  • On November 6, a group called Just Stop Oil sent two goons with hammers to maul the picture.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The car is also accompanied by more than 100 pages of records, plus a tool roll, a jack and a knock-off hammer.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Players could see all the action as Mario leaped over barrels, grabbed power-up hammers and climbed to the top.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Consumers of the Stanley hammers can find the model number on a sticker on the handle.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The 95-piece set comes with a wrench, screwdrivers, a hammer and other tools, plus safety goggles and gloves.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Today, the region fashions, hammers, grinds, and shines 75 percent of all the locks made in India.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
  • Politicians making fun of an 82-year-old man who was attacked with a hammer.
    — Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The revenge reunion tour of Steele and Saban should remind us all to never steal your boss’ hammer on the last day of work.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 6 Feb. 2023
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hammer

2 of 2 verb
  • The rain hammered down on the roof.
  • The batter hammered the ball over the fence.
  • He hammered the dent out of the fender.
  • The workers are hammering the studs to the frame.
  • Someone tried to hammer him over the head with a club.
  • He was hammering at the door.
  • The typist's fingers were hammering the keys.
  • Many towns were hammered by the hurricane.
  • The home team was hammered 9–0.
  • The carpenters were hammering all afternoon.
  • Hold the hanger by the hook and hammer the nail into the wall; then use the hook to hang the frame.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Jaylen Brown hammers home two of his 30 with this first-half dunk.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Golden State has been hammered at the free throw line, too.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
  • The stock has already been hammered since the start of this year, shedding 16% of its value.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Tired of being hammered over the head with culture war stuff?
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • That’s a big change from the decades-high inflation that hammered shoppers in the wake of the pandemic.
    — Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The bestseller was an evening dress worn by the late Diana, Princess of Wales that hammered down for a bonkers $1.15 million.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Lawyers for the defendants tried to hammer home the idea that none of their clients were, at the time, told about the contract or given a copy of it.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
  • If water is your liquid of choice, add ice cubes to help hammer this point home.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Never mind the dunk in which Edwards drove down broadway and hammered down the nail in the Thunder’s coffin.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The group’s many videos have now been viewed tens of millions of times, all of them subtly hammering home the message that the ocean is awash in trash.
    — Cara Buckley, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Make this part of your management and new hire training and hammer it home.
    — Rashaad Bajwa, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Then, after a passed ball cut the Dodgers’ lead to three, Gabriel Moreno hammered a full-count double to center that chased Vesia from the game.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • So per usual, the middle class here is going to get hammered.
    — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The music was so loud that at least some in the crowd had no idea mortars and rockets were hammering in the distance.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2023
  • On the first pitch from Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia, Maggi hammered a pitch down the left field line that just went foul.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Luciano Acosta stepped up and hammered his take home for 1-1.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 13 July 2023
  • Those companies have all seen their shares hammered since the WGA strike began.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • Spain, which hammered Switzerland, 5-1, gets either the Netherlands or South Africa.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • On Monday, there was the dull thud of another nail hammered in his coffin.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 19 June 2023

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