anvil

Example Sentences

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So when he duly exclaims “I’ve got it all,” you can practically hear the anvil of ironic doom shifting into position above his head.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Les Capon, project manager with AOC Archaeology, said he believed part of the area could have been a blacksmith's workshop after discovering evidence of a forge and an anvil.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

“Being back in the studio helps give me a sense of normalcy,” Berkofsky said as he hammered the red-hot Damascus steel on an anvil.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

The study used data from a decades-long database of video footage depicting wild chimpanzees in the Bossou forest, Guinea, where chimps were recorded cracking hard-shelled nuts using a hammer and anvil stones.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

“Go on, do,” said Kay, for the King had come to a halt “Go on,” said Sir Ector, “what do these words on this sword in this anvil in this stone outside this church, say?”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White