How to Use hammer in a Sentence

hammer

1 of 2 noun

• 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 | [e-mail], 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 | [e-mail], 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
• This hammered the resale value of used Model 3 sedans and Model Y crossovers just after Hertz had added tens of thousands of those vehicles to its fleet.
  — Erik Schatzker, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024