How to Use jackhammer in a Sentence

jackhammer

noun

• That drops the noise of an M4 down to about 130 decibels, or about that of a jackhammer.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2016
• With each cycling of the levers, the block climbed about a foot and a half, amid jackhammer-like groaning from the ropes.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
• The man is swatting a fly with a jackhammer, a sure sign of fear and panic.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022
• The aural assault of jackhammers and cement trucks fades at the walls of the complex.
  — Fortune, 6 June 2018
• And the volume can hit a jackhammer-loud 120 decibels or more.
  — Joyce Cohen, PEOPLE.com, 26 Feb. 2018
• How can some sleepers doze through anything from the rattle of a jackhammer to the blast of a jet engine?
  — Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2010
• The 40-decibel drop is about the difference between the noise from a jackhammer and a hairdryer.
  — Wired, 26 Sep. 2019
• That level falls right between a jackhammer and a jet plane.
  — Jason Gold Diehards, ajc, 4 Oct. 2017
• The workers parked their truck, hoisted a jackhammer, a full gas can and shovels on their backs, and began to march up through the brush.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
• In most cases, the bones are slowly freed from the rock using dental tools and air-scribes—a type of tiny jackhammer.
  — Hans-Dieter Sues, Smithsonian, 3 Sep. 2019
• Tearing up the tile floor would have required a jackhammer.
  — Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2022
• It’s like a rock concert, or a jackhammer, or the deck of a busy aircraft carrier.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2020
• On cue, a pair of birds appeared, swooping through the air and alighting on dead trees to attack them like jackhammers.
  — Justin Gillis, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2017
• Their tight seal is secure enough to dull the cacophonies of a jackhammer on the street or a chainsaw in the backyard.
  — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 3 Jan. 2020
• The men wielded jackhammers, drilling holes so sticks of dynamite could be pressed into the rock.
  — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
• So, a playful query: Since her hubby writes the songs, is Rutledge-Borger the, um, jackhammer?
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 6 May 2018
• Work crews required jackhammers and power saws to slice the skeleton, encased in rock, from the riverbank.
  — National Geographic, 23 Nov. 2016
• Work crews required jackhammers and power saws to slice the skeleton, encased in rock, from the riverbank.
  — National Geographic, 23 Nov. 2016
• Work crews with jackhammer-like devices drive nails through the metal sheeting into the girder to hold them in place.
  — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2017
• Some used jackhammers and saws to cut through the concrete and rebar, but others used hand tools like hammers and chisels.
  — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• If nothing short of a jackhammer to your headboard will get you up and going in the morning, consider these beans.
  — Popular Science, 17 June 2020
• Even with a suppressor in place, an AR-15 rifle is roughly as loud as a jackhammer.
  — Alana Abramson, Time, 3 Oct. 2017
• The cabin mutes jackhammers, the numb steering neutralizes rumble strips, the suspension floats over milled pavement, and the seats—my word, the seats.
  — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 16 June 2017
• The cement trucks will roll up and spin their bellies, the jackhammers will rattle, and after a while the postcards of the new skyline will be available for purchase.
  — Polina Marinova, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2019
• The softer of the two still reaches an ear-jarring 117 decibels—louder than most jackhammers.
  — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 21 Oct. 2019
• In an exclusive clip from the episode above, Henson decided to get her hands dirty and help Jonathan, 45, and Drew by picking up a jackhammer.
  — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• Jackhammers, strobe lights and sudden blackouts add to the play's provocative and shocking torture scenes.
  — Alexandra Larkin, CNN, 26 June 2017
• Ibanez stepped up to the challenge to build eight-strings for the duo, heavily reinforced to handle the bowel-churning lows and jackhammer-like highs that are the band’s stock-in-trade.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 Sep. 2022
• Dump trucks rumble throughout the small city, including in front of the 160-year-old City Hall, where jackhammers and excavators claw at the pavement, following plans to green the adjacent plaza with trees and benches.
  — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• Tiny, pugnacious Keenan-Bolger plays Martha like a jackhammer, carrying the tension of her upbringing in her shoulders; Parsons fills up the space with huge looping gestures.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024