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'hammer' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'hammer' with 11 example sentences.


hammer noun

: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

: the ossicle attached to the eardrum

: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

: a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

: a power tool for drilling rocks

: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

hammer verb

: beat with or as if with a hammer

: create by hammering


  • Can I borrow your hammer?
  • He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.
  • She hit me on the head with a hammer.
  • Is this a new hammer?
  • The hammer and sickle together are the symbol of communism.
  • The nail that sticks out gets hammered.
  • I learned how to use a hammer from my dad.
  • Inspector Dan Anderson found no fingerprints on the hammer.
  • Party leaders are hammering out a proposal for political reform.
  • Dan didn't even use a hammer to fix the chair.
  • I got hammered last night.
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