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How to pronounce hammering in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hammer, pound, pounding
Type of blow
Derivation hammer

Examples of hammering

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Eurotunnel had one big advantage, though, and Gounon began hammering away at it.
From the time.com
Cruden was fearless, throwing himself into contact and hammering it to the line.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The batsman gives hi pad a real hammering with his bat and yelps in frustration.
From the guardian.co.uk
Workers were still hammering and drilling when two staff members gave me a tour.
From the washingtonpost.com
The New York tabloids are hammering the president for his ineptitude and timing.
From the cnn.com
Each bead, they think, was made by hammering a thin strip of copper into a loop.
From the newscientist.com
The bigger issue is curbing the city spivs and hammering short term speculators.
From the guardian.co.uk
As early as the fall of 1937, F.D.R. began hammering relentlessly on one theme.
From the time.com
I hope we don't get a hammering at Leicester, that's the very last thing we need.
From the thisislocallondon.co.uk
More examples
  • Hammer: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
  • (hammered) shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks; "a bowl of hammered brass"
  • A hammer is a tool meant to deliver an impact to an object. The most common uses are for driving nails, fitting parts, forging metal and breaking up objects. Hammers are often designed for a specific purpose, and vary widely in their shape and structure. ...
  • (Hammered (novel)) Hammered is a science fiction novel by Elizabeth Bear first published in 2004. It won the 2006 Locus Award for Best First Novel. It is the first book of a trilogy made of Hammered, Scardown and Worldwired.
  • (Hammered (Wicked Tinkers album)) Hammered is the second album released by the Wicked Tinkers.It contains the music of the Highlands of Scotland, along with Irish, Canadian and even American tunes, rounding out the repertoire.
  • A period of being beaten or hammered; A heavy defeat
  • (Hammered) Giving metal surface unique marks and textures by hammering or pounded.
  • (Hammered) A texture applied to the surface of an object with a hammer to give it a dimpled look.
  • (hammered) a method of minting whereby a coin is made by hand striking the coin between dies