mallet

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Recent Examples of mallet Pound using a meat mallet to about 1/2-inch thickness. Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024 How to Prepare Turkey Cutlets If the turkey breast cutlets are thick, use a meat mallet to pound cutlets to 1/2-inch thickness. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2024 Croquet mallets proliferate, and though there is now a hedge maze in front of the hotel and framed photos from the film throughout the grounds, there is never any doubt as to whether this is The Overlook. Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2024 He is shown tied up, holding a mallet, and, in one particularly memorable image, clasping his lips around a flower in his mouth. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mallet 
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Noun
  • In mid-December, confirmation that Lamine Yamal had succumbed to a right ankle knock picked up in the Champions League was a hammer blow for head coach Hansi Flick and his men.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The pope uses a ceremonial hammer to open each holy door.
    Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Some have been beheaded with sledgehammers, others completely torn down.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Three of the crew jumped out of the car and, yet again, used sledgehammers and hammers, to get into a display case.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Upstairs, the team has a couple dozen beetles from earlier in the season.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Some of the amulets are shaped like scarab beetles, which were thought to be imbued with magical properties in ancient Egypt.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • John Franklin-Myers mauls RT Rosengarten and gets sack, knocking Baltimore out of FG position.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Cama’s 7-point try box came in the 74th minute and was a result of the Legion muscling their way to a series of successful scrums, mauls and rucks before Cama punched it over inside the 5-meter line area.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Mecum’s listing doesn’t list an estimate, but a seven-figure gavel price seems like.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) agreed to place a trio of conservatives on the panel as part of his negotiations to win the gavel.
    Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Paul Pelosi walked slowly to his seat with the help of a purple cane, more than two years after being bludgeoned with a hammer by an intruder looking for his wife, Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker.
    Heather Knight, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Simulation exercises, like walking with a blindfold while using a cane, help people understand the life of someone who has lost their sight.
    Caitlin Granfield, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Mallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mallet. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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