How to Use hammer in a Sentence

hammer

1 of 2 noun
  • These wafers snap off when tapped with a hammer.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The city doesn’t need a hammer, but a scalpel.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Why couldn’t the league just hammer teams that tank?
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • And no team lost more hammers than Tiger’s team.
    — Keith Stewart, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Time to get the shovels and hammers and start over again.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • And who builds a cathedral with a hammer?
    — Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The same goes for a hammer, chainsaw and drill.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
  • The ball would pound the hardwood like a hammer pounds a nail.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • His feet grow bruised, his heart hammers, and his shirt and trousers become soaked with sweat.
    — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Use your hammer to lightly tap it back into place.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
  • My pulse hammers away like a drill and my breath becomes quick and shallow.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The living-room floor had a divot that matched the head of a hammer.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
  • To a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
    — Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
  • Babcock will use playing time as a hammer.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Hitting it with a hammer won't break the glass, but hitting it with a point will.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Smashing yourself in the face with a hammer is many things, but girly is not one of them.
    — Fay Bound-Alberti, Time, 3 May 2026
  • Use a hammer and nails to fix loose deck boards and level out any nails that are sticking up.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Use the board for easy-to-hang items like saws, scissors, hammers, and pliers.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Use a hammer to gently tap the nail until the pin can be removed from the top.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
  • As the man drove away, Alexander Black ran at his car with a hammer.
    — Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Requires a hammer, mallet or rolling pin.
    — Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 22 Mar. 2026
  • One end had been sharpened to a vicious point; the other was a forked hammer claw.
    — Josh Ireland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Belal Salem, a member of our team, struck the rock with his hammer.
    — Sanaa El-Sayed, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
  • Your hammer is always equipped and has the large block bashing move from the second game.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Thanks for teaching me about the glass ceiling—and then showing me how to swing a hammer.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Even rarer these days is a repeater that does not show its gongs and hammers on the dial side.
    — Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Clean spilled paint from the lid before closing, and use a hammer to tightly close the can.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
  • That might mean a good old-fashioned claw hammer and a smaller ball-peen hammer.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
  • Ace Hardware has the same hammer, also on sale.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Lena Brown is a recluse who doesn’t have a lock on her door and so sleeps with a hammer by her pillow.
    — Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024

hammer

2 of 2 verb
  • The rain hammered down on the roof.
  • The batter hammered the ball over the fence.
  • He hammered the dent out of the fender.
  • The workers are hammering the studs to the frame.
  • Someone tried to hammer him over the head with a club.
  • He was hammering at the door.
  • The typist's fingers were hammering the keys.
  • Many towns were hammered by the hurricane.
  • The home team was hammered 9–0.
  • The carpenters were hammering all afternoon.
  • Her heart hammered against her ribcage.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Now tourism is going to be – to be hammered.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Meta lost two court cases last week, and the stock was hammered.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Now, tourism is going to be- to be hammered.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The coast might get hammered this weekend.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Will they be hammered by fatigue?
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Saws buzz, trucks beep, and hammers clatter.
    — Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 14 May 2026
  • Peat was slow getting up after he was hammered on a shot.
    — ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The players are not just hammering the weights at this time.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Tired of being hammered over the head with culture war stuff?
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Over and over again, Cameron hammers his favorite themes.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Bronze hammered the ball into the back of the net and let out a guttural roar.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Many countries there have been hammered by the oil crisis.
    — Paddy Hirsch, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Jaylen Brown hammers home two of his 30 with this first-half dunk.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • If water is your liquid of choice, add ice cubes to help hammer this point home.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Her heart hammered away, her eyes flickered, and her voice grew tiny and plaintive.
    — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Having a few days off may just help a team that has been hammered with big injuries thus far.
    — George Richards, Miami Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Her response hammered him between the eyes.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Hold the hanger by the hook and hammer the nail into the wall; then use the hook to hang the frame.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • There were many mornings when my team was waking him up hammering on the wall.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026

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