hammer

Example Sentences

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Skeptics argued that once a piano hammer strikes a string, the resulting tone is determined almost entirely by the instrument itself.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

“I’m just a shot guy right now, but I’d like to do the shot and hammer throw in college,” Kensinger said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The hammer is the state law, and the nail is the agency.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

Number 7A, 1948, which went under the hammer at the renowned Christie's auction house on Monday, smashed the previous record for the most a work by the late American artist has taken at auction.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

I see a golden pharaoh’s head, the horn of what I can only imagine is a giant bull, and the head of a huge, slate-gray hammer.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer