How to Use hammer out in a Sentence

hammer out

verb
  • But keep in mind there was a deal that had been hammered out.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 23 June 2024
  • After that, the two sides need to hammer out a new deal.
    — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Still, there are details that need to be hammered out by each side.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2024
  • That gives the parties more time to hammer out a long-term plan.
    — Nick Sullivan july 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
  • The sides hammered out details of the new deal during the bye week.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The other details that will need to be hammered out.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 19 June 2026
  • The specifics of the bill have not yet been hammered out, Sirota said.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The two sides will hammer out a final agreement at the end of the session.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2023
  • That gives them just under a month to hammer out the details on a new contract.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • What was one of the hardest things to hammer out in this production?
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 12 July 2024
  • If not, the two sides will attempt to hammer out a compromise.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Instead, in the end, the two camps found a way to hammer out a happy reunion.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • That bodes well for their chances of hammering out a new contract in the near future.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • The rest of the details could then be hammered out in the coming months and perhaps longer.
    — María Mendiluce, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The longer the stalemate goes on, the more time there is to hammer out arrangements.
    — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Congress will need to hammer out a stopgap measure.
    — The Hill Staff, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The framework for new trade deals are in place, but most still need certain details to be hammered out.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • And this week’s negotiations may be the best shot yet to hammer out a deal.
    — Gregory Scruggs, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Policies are hammered out there before coming to the full council for a vote.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
  • The second and fourth fingers can become a prong that hammers out rapid patterns.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • But several issues need to be hammered out.
    — Mike Jones, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Harris said officials are still hammering out next steps with the team.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
  • The parties worked over the weekend to hammer out such provisions.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
  • Officials will return to the table to hammer out the details should the deal hold through phase one.
    — Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Should a deal make, the focus would be hammering out a script and lining up schedules in order to do so.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
  • District leaders will help students over the summer and fall to hammer out a budget and plans to bring the idea to life.
    — Dallas News, 23 May 2022
  • At this point, the major sticking point is not about overall spending levels, which were hammered out last month.
    — The Editors, National Review, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The group, which has three alternates, hammered out short-term rental issues that residents have railed against for over a year.
    — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • The new draft bill being hammered out in parliament could resolve the crisis if wide agreement is reached.
    — Maayan Lubell, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
  • The person said that technical details of the agreement still needed to be hammered out.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025

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