hammered

Example Sentences

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The result was a selloff in both stocks and bonds that hammered investors.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

Menus are hammered out course by course, with ingredients screened to avoid poisoning—not just by would-be assassins but also regular old food poisoning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Exactly why shares are getting hammered is hard to say.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

McIlroy, with the adrenaline pumping, hammered his tee shot on the 170-yard par three 16th beyond the pin and off the back of the green.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

But time had taken a visible toll; tears in the seams hadn’t been mended, and rust coated most of the metal stakes hammered into the grass to keep it secure.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray