hammer on
Example Sentences
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Now, as this Norse god drops the hammer on opponents, Norwegians can’t get enough of him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
Broadstairs Memorial Hall is set to go under the hammer on Thursday, with bids for the property opening on Wednesday.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025
Taken as a group, the prints going under the hammer on December 3 exemplify "Blake's idiosyncratic genius as both an artist and poet", he added.
From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025
If courts don’t drop the hammer on this stuff and start seriously considering civil and criminal contempt, I don’t know what can stop these lies.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025
The whole street rang with the harsh clamor that issued from it, the clatter of chisel on stone, hammer on chisel, granite shrieking against rough granite.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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