hammer

Example Sentences

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These numbers cannot convey the giddy, fearful delight of being physically coupled to this 6,371-pound hammer when it leaves Thor’s hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Official L.A., anxious to mollify angry and frightened Angelenos, dropped the hammer on a plant near downtown L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

But what was shocking about this news was how the hammer came down, and when.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Give April credit for recording a bullish hammer candle, which set off the robust run.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Mara nodded to confirm, and Smithy returned into the cloud to hammer in the last pike.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri