How to Use sledgehammer in a Sentence

sledgehammer

noun

• Mount then brought the sledgehammer to the Arizona Fall League.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 9 Mar. 2022
• Brent said the video showed a masked man smashing through a back door with a sledgehammer.
  — Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2021
• My ethos was to be a proverbial sledgehammer to the door that people have to knock on.
  — Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2022
• Once the man was able to get to the street, his landlord allegedly threw the sledgehammer at him.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Dec. 2021
• At the launch, one of Musk’s assistants took a sledgehammer to the doors to demonstrate their strength.
  — Simon Willis, Fortune, 27 July 2023
• Rescuers also used sledgehammers and crowbars to break through a wall of the cave from the outside to reach the boat.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
• Kelz goes for Tori and then starts crushing the cinder blocks with a sledgehammer.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2021
• After that, his friend places a large stone on his chest and smashes it with a sledgehammer.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 5 Nov. 2021
• There are bars of gold and reams of cash, multiple wigs, a cache of weapons and a giant sledgehammer.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 July 2023
• Dressel’s stamp might as well have been made with a sledgehammer.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
• Damien Posey walked into the rain on a SoMa sidewalk with a sledgehammer in one hand and a gun in the other.
  — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Dec. 2022
• For the ad, Gjonaj smashed through a wall with a sledgehammer, and posed on the roof of their office building while a video drone whizzed past.
  — Jeff Maysh, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2022
• The dog was stuck and impossible to reach, so crews used a sledgehammer to break down the wall and get Gertie out.
  — NBC News, 19 July 2021
• Early the next morning, four male suspects returned to the same address and tried to break down the front door with a sledgehammer.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2023
• Unable to lift Gertie out of the crevice, firefighters used saws and a sledgehammer to rescue the dog.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 19 July 2021
• This one comes with sledgehammer and a penchant for bloody murder.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
• In the next game and a half, with a sledgehammer running game, Shanahan called 66 rushing plays and 14 passes.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
• In the clip, Nuzhin was seen lying down with his head duct-taped to a brick while an unknown man in fatigues hit him with a sledgehammer.
  — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
• Four men in military fatigues pin him down and smash his hands and feet with a sledgehammer.
  — Sebastian Shukla and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 21 July 2021
• Entertainment was more of a sledgehammer in the old days.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2023
• Santa Claus bashing a man’s skull in with a sledgehammer.
  — Vulture, 6 Dec. 2022
• Burdon went into his trunk to retrieve a sledgehammer, the footage shows.
  — Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal, 22 Apr. 2022
• And finally, thanks to the healing power of a child’s prayers and the help of a sturdy sledgehammer, Santa gets his groove back.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2022
• There, by its lonesome, sits a nondescript, three-foot long sledgehammer with tape dripping off the frame and pine tar around the top.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 19 May 2021
• The tail’s tip was fortified with bony structures, creating a club that could swing with the force of a sledgehammer.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Dec. 2022
• As for the show’s guests, Styles kissed Corden’s father on the head, and Ferrell joined in with a sledgehammer to destroy Corden’s on-set desk.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2023
• During the unveiling, a man with a sledgehammer hit the sides of the truck without damaging it.
  — Alexis Benveniste, CNN, 7 Mar. 2021
• The international agents race through the woods, picking up a sledgehammer attached to a key along the way.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2021
• This showstopper hits like a sledgehammer to the glass ceiling that restrains them all.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 1 Sep. 2021
• Martin admitted to stealing the slippers by busting through the door and breaking the plexiglass container that held the shoes with a sledgehammer.
  — Brammhi Balarajan, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024