jackhammer

Example Sentences

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But he turns up the volume on his rich voice so high, and so consistently, that Shakespeare’s verse comes across like the sound of a jackhammer without an off switch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

In the end, Guadagnino takes a jackhammer to everything he’s spent the last two-plus hours so meticulously building, but not quite in the way one might expect.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2025

Let’s say you’re out on some rugged outcropping and you need to jump on your jackhammer for a few minutes.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2024

A tiny, transparent fish makes a sound as loud as a jackhammer, scientists have discovered.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024

It took him three times to hear me over the jackhammer, but when he finally did he yelled back: “I’m gonna be a fisherman!”

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña