jackhammer

Example Sentences

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Trucks with poles, jackhammers and other equipment started to arrive in Orchard Beach in the Bronx on Monday.

From Washington Times

Soon, chimes that began sweetly with his appointment as coach of a downtrodden U.S. men’s national soccer team almost four years ago will sound like jackhammers.

From Washington Post

If it is subjected to another, bigger jolt that matches that frequency, the vibration will be amplified—like a jackhammer outside causes a kitchen tabletop to rattle.

From Scientific American

“They’re really, really tiny tools, as opposed to a jackhammer and a rip saw.”

From New York Times

A fossil quarry is deafeningly loud when the jackhammers and rotary hammers are going.

From Los Angeles Times