| 单词 | hammer |
| 例句 | “I saw it in the bottom of the milk crate. Bring the hammer too.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But when Tiny Cooper lies to you about his heartbreak, the Geiger counter has tripped the hammer. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “And we don’t have anything? What about your hammer?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The question hit me like a hammer between the eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Talis was on the phone in a flash, hammering out a plan with the other council members. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Ron passed the bag to Griphook, and the goblin pulled out a number of small metal instruments that when shaken made a loud, ringing noise like miniature hammers on anvils. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Crucially, the harder you hit the key the harder the hammer hit the string, resulting potentially in different levels of volume for every note. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The sight alone makes me excited, my heart hammering. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Things like Do Not Steal were, I think, hammered into boys’ heads a good deal harder in those days than they are now. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z There were hundreds of details to hammer out, but the basic design was set. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’s wrong with you two, sitting there, watching the thing? I thought you were going to pet it. Wake up. Give me the hammer. Come on, so I can put it out of its misery.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A hammer intends to strike, a vise intends to hold fast, a lever intends to lift. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There's something soothing about the steady beat of a hammer, and I start to calm. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z It’s as quiet as a chess tournament except for the clinking of hammers, the shaking of sieves, and the low buzz of conversation between colleagues. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Helene goes for hers like a jewel thief for rubies, holding the bracers to the light, exclaiming at how Blackcliff s diamond symbol is seamlessly hammered into the shield. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Woodwell says the only thing I need right now is a screwdriver and a pry bar, but I bring along a hammer, too, just in case I want to hit something. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I do not know what happened, but when I woke up the next day I felt as if I had had nails hammered into the bones of my foot and my veins were being chiseled. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z With her heart hammering at the surprise attack and her predicament, Warbeak realized that she was completely at the mercy of her captor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He shoved Lyra at Alice and picked up a big stone to hammer on the door with. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Herbie’s heart hammered at the thought of actually owning, let alone pulling the trigger of, a gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the Director actually hopes we will try something else so he can have an excuse to bring the hammer down on us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “You are a fine boy, but this twice- tough glass was made by my own hands. Broad-shouldered Cammar could not break it with an anvil hammer.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That was quite enough for a boy like Corin and in a second he and the Dwarf were at it hammer and tongs. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Mariam awoke the next morning to the sound of sawing and hammering. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The sound of the plane’s engine and the warm sun and the sameness of the green forest all combined to hit him like a hammer, and his face went against the window and he slept. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Then I turned and stepped out from between the buildings, heart hammering in my chest. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Ignoring their wounds, they immediately clashed again, going at it hammer and tongs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, he hammered at his statements with the small obsession of a woodpecker. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A swarm of butterflies stirs in my stomach, and my heart starts hammering again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Heart hammering, I lifted my hand, the one that held the cross of lead. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed Bree's halter and stood still, holding both the horses; and though her heart was beating as hard as a hammer, she did nothing to show it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z It feels appropriate somehow, to have reached the edge of the continent, to have only the hammered sea left in front of him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We each pick up our rock hammers and a little pail. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z His hammer clanged harmlessly off the metal lady’s chest, but she must have been annoyed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Anya’s heart still hammered and her belly twisted with fear, and the first coherent thought she could dredge up was why the dragon hadn’t tried to eat her yet. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “We’re stuck with that thing now, you know? It’s ours. Yes, we have a nasty hammer, but no way it’s just going to swim away from a boat full of meat.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He clenched his fist and beat hammer wise on the red wall at his right His lips were tightly compressed and his eyes yearned beneath the fringe of hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It grew longer and longer—three feet, five feet, ten!—and my jaw dropped as John Henry’s hammer hummed with energy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The noise from the music room hammers around us in emphasis, copying the beating of my heart. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It was three days later when the hammer blow that Brienne had foretold fell, and five days before they heard of it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He said, ‘The name Clutter has to hit them like a hammer, a blow they never knew was coming.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d start at the big end and hammer in a wedge with the back side of my axe. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Father was poised to go on with the story when suddenly Tata Ndu stood right straight up, cutting him off in the middle of hammering home his message. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as it was dark she hammered on the door with her fist. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z My heart, already racing, hammered in my chest. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On either side of me, folks are packing cars to leave, hammering wood over windows, or else standing, sitting on the porch, playing music, drinking liquor like it’s Mardi Gras. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Thor threw his hammer at it, but the monster was already gone, vanished into the cold gray waters. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I came over and handed him a hammer from the tool chest we always carried with us, and he got busy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Only struck the bell with the hammer, like a silly idiot. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He drapes the fresh shirt on the single chair rather than risk damaging it on a nail hammered in the wall. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks fly from hammers as big as my head, forge fires glow a red deeper than blood, and cottony plumes of steam erupt every few feet from freshly quenched swords. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The quick stream of pure white bolted forward and hit the closest man, who’d just been pulling his arm back, a bloodied hammer gripped in his hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Once the gun was down, he carefully released the hammer. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Thor smashes the great serpent’s brains in with his hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z If he threw the hammer at something, the hammer would never miss its target, and would always fly back through the air and return to his hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z With this hammer, I wasn’t Space Boy or Henry Denton, I was a mighty warrior and I could do anything. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Rusty hammers and screwdrivers of various sizes haphazardly decorated a wall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He stood up and picked up his hammer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "I once heard her say," Hortensia went on, "that a large boy is about the same weight as an Olympic hammer and therefore he's very useful for practising with." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “Arch, bring your hammer as well. We may have need of it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She takes a hammer and rusty chisel and shatters each coconut, scraping the blinding white, perfumed flesh from the shells. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart hammering, I picked up the book and backed down the hall. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He did not believe that even Loki would have dared to steal his hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Like the simplest of human tools—hammer, scythe, bellows, ladder, scissors—the function of the molecule can be entirely comprehended from its structure. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The air rang with the pounding of mighty hammers and the clangorous screech of iron on stone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z My heart began to hammer just like it did back then. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Frost giants and ogres, trolls and monsters of every kind, all were frightened of Thor’s hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I pasted on a smile and hoped she couldn’t hear my pulse hammering. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Celia pounds her hammer on the card table to quiet the spectators, who are hissing and hollering as if it were a boxing match. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately all the past miserable months fell away from him as he stood breathing the hot, well-remembered odor of molten gold and hearing the chiming of a little hammer. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He thought of the bear, thought of Bigfoot and every monster he had ever seen in every fright movie he had ever watched, and his heart hammered in his throat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he reached back, presumably trying for some kind of reverse, and Luke hammered the kid. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There was a flash of lightning from the clear skies, followed by the dull boom of thunder as the hammer left Thor’s hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Upon the low table beside it lay a stone hammering block and a coil of gold wire. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z By its light I saw Mrs. Rhydd hammering on the fire exit. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She glared at them, still on her porch but now holding the hammer up like a weapon. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Not in a way to make me fear, but rather to tighten the muscles in the pit of my stomach and send my pulse hammering through my veins again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He had broad shoulders and bulging arms, hands like hammers, and the leathery skin of a man who’d been sunburned so many times his naturally creamy complexion had grown tough and brown as rawhide. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “That’s final, George! You can put that hammer away where you got it.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z It was strong and calloused, a sculptor’s hand that knew hard hours of work with hammer and chisel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Beneath the signature is a scrawled emblem of the Communist Party, the hammer and the sickle,” said Mr. Dalton. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had looked at the little cups and arm bands Ranofer had hammered out, and he had said to Thutra, “Your son shows skill. Perhaps, when he is older...” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It hit her like a sledge hammer, and it was then that she knew what to feel. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My heart is hammering so hard now that I’m afraid it’s going to break my ribs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Above and behind, at various angles, workers pack sand into core molds, or hammer plugs into molds, or put casting boxes into the cupola furnace. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A long, thin adobe nail had been carefully hammered through its heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He would put down the hammer to pick up the “How to” book and then lose the hammer between there and the project he was working on. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Deep thumping now reverberates like someone hammering on the shell of a shuttle-port. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Ignoring the hammering of his heart and the shaking of his hands, he pulled out his tools and hoped his father would be able to understand that this was what Rashid had to do. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She screams and swings the hammer up above her head again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Adam stopped the work. He thought the hammering might disturb his wife.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Nick took the gun and fiddled with the hammer, pulling it back to various stops, but he couldn’t get the cylinder to rum. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Every afternoon for the next three days, the four of us gathered in Becca’s backyard to continue hammering and nailing those pieces of plywood together. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Harry had prowled the castle at night many times before, but never had his heart hammered this fast, never had so much depended on his safe passage through the place. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The Company’s days were filled with a cheerful shouting and singing and swearing and hammering. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He who was not Menda stepped forward and lay both hands on the iron head of the hammer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After inspection we would work in the courtyard hammering stones until noon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And whenever a new hole appeared, he’d get out his hammer, down a beer, and do another patch job. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "You knew 'bout that alarm," grunted Major, hammering down on him. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When I put them on, the hammer symbol above the knuckles flared bright. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I watch without emotion as the old woman walks slowly up to him, her hammer in hand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I made the sign of the cross over my own hammering heart and retreated, then rushed through the village, wanting nothing more than to flee. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z You could open an airshaft window, maybe, if you used a chisel and hammer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart hammers in my chest and I stare as vacantly as possible ahead of me, focusing on the rhythm of my feet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The cabin had begun to tilt and jump, going this way and that as the waves hammered at the hull of the ship. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When the hammering ends, Byrd opens her phone, letting light pierce the dark room. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The thing had been up now for two days, plus a bit and he had been hammering and climbing on it and it hadn’t gone back down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Vola dropped a handful of nails into an overall pocket and slid a hammer into her belt loop. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Cristofori’s invention, instead of plucking the strings, tapped them with a gentle hammer tipped with deerskin. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They saw the huge drums that were used for making thunder, and the Cloud-Men beating them furiously with long hammers. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He gave Doon a tool belt, too, in which were wrenches and hammers, spools of wire and tape, and tubes of some sort of black goop. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The rain continued to hammer down, pounding on the long line of kids trudging north, around the football stadium, toward the high school gymnasium. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I smiled even though it felt like nails were being hammered into the left side of my face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “On this bench and that, being drawn, or hammered, or—” His eyes narrowed with anger as he seized the boy’s arm. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The cedar planks were lying haphazardly about, a few of them hammered together. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He danced under the tusks, hammering home a devastating uppercut with his medieval weapon. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He thought about hitting Hymir with his hammer, but then he would never get the cauldron, not without a fight. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z When the surly handyman showed up that afternoon to nail up a few boards, he seemed an angel from heaven wielding a hammer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A horde of Cyclopes was hammering away at the campers of the Fifth Cohort, who were trying to keep their shields locked just to stay alive. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Although the body was never recovered, all the evidence points to the defendant: the trunk of his car was filled with twine, bloodstained hammers, torn items of his wife’s clothing, and such like. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Hey, kid,” he called out, and waved his hammer at me as if he were Thor and about to crush my little head with one massive blow. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She overdid the you startled me jump and turned around, a pink-handled hammer in hand. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z We pried and hammered at it with the screwdriver, but we could not move it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Across the road was a girl, the hammering girl. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I position the chisel on the other side of the stone and try to hammer away their voices but I can’t. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Hey, Dad? I’m off to get the toolbox. You recall the toolbox? Man needs tools to work. Screwdrivers and hammers and stuff. Plenty of tools there, you want to help,” and so on. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They passed over the walkway and down a long rocky corridor, where stalactites hung gleaming with strange colors and where the pounding and grinding and hammering gradually faded. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then 1 can take a chisel and small tap hammer and tap away at the alabaster. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Also in the box she kept three mystery books her Dad had given her, a compact, a box of watch parts, a rhinestone necklace, a hammer, and some notebooks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Thandiwe nodded, and the guard flew off to join a squadron that was buzzing around the bossling’s head, hammering blows that didn’t seem to faze the monster. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z If,” he repeated, holding up a finger, its tip as large as the ball of a hammer’s head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I know that. They hammered out those rules after the failure ten years ago.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “The hammer smashes the enemy’s skull; the machete cuts them. When you have to protect yourself, make whatever you have into weapons,” Met Bong shares with us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm could hardly hear it over the rain hammering on the canopy. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z John Henry’s face went pale, and the hammer was in his hands in a blur. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Each clock had a little metal hammer that rang its alarm bell. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To hear a hammering at the little door was the last thing he expected. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I’ve hammered a nail into the bed every morning since she died! It’s the first thing I do after waking! Eight thousand six hundred twenty-nine nails!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Beneath this colossal fortress, fires glared and furnaces smoked in the darkness of early dawn, and from many miles away Ruta Skadi heard the clang of hammers and the pounding of great mills. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Just an old hammer and a few rusted tin cans holding some even rustier nails. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Futilely she hammered against it with her fists, thinking wildly, Make it open, make it open, or they’ll catch me. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The bell rang in Pollard’s ears, and he felt Seabiscuit drop and push beneath him, hammering the track and powering forward. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At any moment the slip of a chisel or a careless blow from a hammer could ruin days’ worth of work. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He’s excavating me, just without hammer and chisel. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Then he watched as they took another rock and used it to hammer the stone deeper into the ground than the deepest ocean. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Everyone continued to hear terrible sounds: things being dragged across the room, banging and hammering, and low guttural noises, interspersed by periods of quiet. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She’s about to start hammering the lids back on the paint cans when she notices something on Lolo’s shoulders. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Kin the blacksmith had his back to her, hammering out a sheet of glowing red metal on his anvil. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z We carried our hammers and nails and boards up to Auntie Braxton’s and started on her windows. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “But colored people need shoes and hammers and nice dresses. They spend their money too.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Ridgeway was six and a half feet tall, with the square face and thick neck of a hammer. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “A hammer, some screws, some Scotch tape, and a box of matches.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Drenched and exhausted, Taran leaned on his hammer and wiped his streaming face. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The work was backbreaking: digging out boulders, chopping down trees, dynamiting tunnels, and hammering in railroad ties. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But “dead,” mingling with the churning and bubbling noises in this room, strikes a blow like a hammer to my chest, and the monster of grief awakens, clawing at my eyes and throat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We took out two of those plesios but were getting hammered pretty bad. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Every heartbeat felt like a hammer striking his body. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I’m sure she means well, but between her bio and this message, she’s hammering me with nails instead of giving me the pat on the back I was hoping for. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z This produced a sound very much like that of a hammer coming down upon a finger—a sort of dull donk—and Sticky fell to the floor, clutching his foot. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z John Henry chuckled as he returned to his hammering. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “You’re sure we’re okay to be parked here? In case you forgot, some wild dude with a hammer broke one of our windows.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z My heart hammered at the thought of cars whizzing by her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “All we’ve got on this kidnapping is that a letter was found, Erlone’s to be released, the letter was signed by ‘Red,’ and there was a hammer and sickle emblem on it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The next day Vincent writes again, hammering home the strong bond between the brothers, with a memory, the memory that is the most important touchstone in their lives so far. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Admittedly these did not include the Retrieval Squad getting hammered by a lone enemy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There’s no way you’d be banging a hammer and putting up drywall. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A bitter smell wafted between the planks of wood hammered over the opening. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Gogol is accustomed to the scenery, yet he still stares, at the short, dark men pulling rickshaws and the crumbling buildings side by side with fretwork balconies, hammers and sickles painted on their facades. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Finn could only lie in the road, pinned by Petey’s bike, as his horse, his beautiful, magnificent, impossible horse, thundered toward him, The mare reared up, shrieking, hooves hammering the air. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Each time my hammer hits the metal, a tingling vibration flashes up my arm. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z But the hammering went on, right into the commercial...right into the commercial... Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The wood had been deemed good enough, and a crew of pirates and beauty queens were about the business of hammering and applying pitch to make the vessel seaworthy again. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The bells had been removed, but the hammers were still in place. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As he hammered on the gate he heard music wafting faintly over the spiked stone walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He knew just where the head of the hammer would need to strike to kill the serpent. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He was pondering where the hammer would fall, Jon could see it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He sat on the left seat of the cockpit and leaned against the back cabin wall and closed his eyes and sleep took him as if he’d been hit with a soft hammer. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Disheartened, I made my way out into the workshop and was greeted by the sounds of a hundred hands busily chiseling wood, chipping stone, and hammering metal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My heart hammers in my chest, and I feel a little light-headed, a little dizzy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I got my hammer and screwdriver and started chipping the trailer's hull. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran and got his hammer, his screw driver, and an ice pick. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The echo of the final hammer on his skull died slowly away into the black cavern where Faber waited for the echoes to subside. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, my heart’s hammering inside my chest, and I’m desperate to go home. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z There are small nails there and some stones that will do for a hammer. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Thor’s hammer is better even than my wonderful spear and my excellent arm-ring,” said Odin, nodding. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “If you throw the hammer, it will never miss what you throw it at.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He looks up again for a longer moment, then goes back to hammering the fence post. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Already, apart from many younger lads, more than a hundred sturdy hobbits were assembled with axes, and heavy hammers, and long knives, and stout staves; and a few had hunting-bows. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He reached out a hand for his hammer, which he always kept within reach while he slept. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The remnants of the Stark lines shattered like glass beneath the hammer of their charge. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The pace of Francis’ words might cause Maurice to find a reason for terminating the conversation before all the implications of Pauling’s folly could be hammered home. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Right. Well, good luck. Hope you hammer McLag — I mean, Smith.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The first of the iron monsters ran up to us, only to have its eyeless collar head removed by a single powerful swing of the hammer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The hammer paused, uplifted, as Zau shot him a keen glance over his shoulder. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The Allied bombers also hammered away at Germany’s industrial centers, bombing cities such as Berlin, Hamburg, Dortmund, Leipzig, and Essen. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The things on Jon’s work table glint in this half-light: the flat blade of a chisel, the head of a hammer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, everything that happened inside the DSS office was meant to hammer into these women the notion that society considered them criminals of a kind. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He whittles and hammers: he’s making a gun. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Born of necessity and virtue, between the hammer...and the anvil...Are you there, Homer?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes he did not stop until he fell—until he dropped like some animal felled by a hammer—moaning, on his face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He takes the hammer and chisel out of my hands, which have long ago stopped carving. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It must have hammered and thrown him around inside the cabin when he was unconscious—there could be no other explanation for all the bruises and cuts. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Will felt his whole being quiver under the blows of the stone hammer in the bear’s fist. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then he hammers and yells and says I’m a little brat, and he has enough to worry about already. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The craftsman should have given him one of those round-faced horn hammers weighted with lead, for his first attempt. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I had no hacksaw to cut it into smaller pieces, and I was not strong enough to heat it and hammer it apart. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Will checked the fuel and snapped a branch in two to direct the flames better, and Iorek began to work with the hammer once more. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘Well, it did not skewer me, I am glad to say,’ said Frodo; ‘though I feel as if I had been caught between a hammer and an anvil.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z On the night that we got the bad news—that she was not returning—he pounded and pounded on that wall with a chisel and a hammer. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I could almost hear the beating of my own heart; and the blood surging through my temples sounded like blows from a hammer. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Leo had been tapping the wall with a ball-peen hammer, but he turned and frowned at her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was certain that the hammer head sank into Skrymir’s forehead. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z There’s nothing to fight, no wall to hammer with frustrated fists. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The hammer blows were falling on the nails that ripped through the flesh. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “What would you do, with a hammer that would not balance or a knife that would not cut? You would break it in anger, then get another.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The only sounds were of birds, fountains, and— briefly—the hammer of the man fixing the roof. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The crack of his skull vibrating up the hammer, up your arm, into the hole in your chest where your heart is supposed to be.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Flint in place,” Amaya said, wrestling a little black shard into the hammer. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He wore a black velvet coat with hammers embroidered on the sleeves in silver thread. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Two years ago,” said Harry, his heart now hammering against his ribs, “there was a big gold locket in the drawing room upstairs. We threw it out. Did you steal it back?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When the hammer hit a metal plate on the clock, electricity would flow from the batteries through the clocks to the fuses, igniting the explosive. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She hammered the door again and now also the wall between the vault and Harry’s breeze-filled office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Once more the sour notes of the hammer offended Ranofer’s practiced ear. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The robot was sent to fetch tools; Tendai hammered plywood over the hole and broken window. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z With this stake came a heavy hammer, such as in households is used in the coal-cellar for breaking the lumps. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Questions hammered at me: Should I turn around and force him to admit it? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It took four giants to carry Thor’s hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Prose becomes stuffy when an insecure writer hammers the reader over the head with redundant indicators of a connection, as if unsure that one would be enough. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Even though paraffin on his arms always worked at the gambling dens, his heart had still been hammering as he faced her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I saw one young fighter salute his opponent—and five peasants hit him from behind with scythes and hammers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Now is the time to run away to the woods, to hide in the trees until the patient is long gone and in another part of the Seam the hammers make the coffin. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The drumbeats blurred into a long fevered hammering, and Black Betha flew, the water turning white as milk as it parted for her prow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She pulls a reflex hammer from the pocket of her white coat and taps on my right knee. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But then a third swung down through the smoke and hammered his body into the ground. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He wished he’d picked up a hammer like the old man. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He was hammering a wooden stall into place. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Stubble Chin drew a hammer from his tool belt. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Don't tell anyone,” said Thor to Loki, “but the hammer of the gods has been stolen.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Perhaps it will, perhaps not. If I strike it sharply will it not mar the surface even more? See the hammer marks there already.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I am sure it’s fine, mi’jo. It’s probably cheap kerosene,” he answered as he continued hammering. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Must seem silly, me carrying this here hammer everywhere.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I listen for the birds and feel my fear as a distant thing, a hammering heart and a squeezed chest, but not something that exists in my mind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I sat up, still panting for breath and with the blood hammering in my ears. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I listen to the grunt, the blow of the hammer, the grunt, the blow, like the sound of a leaky heart. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The long ranks of man and horse were armored in darkness, as black as if the Smith had hammered night itself into steel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He dropped the hammer and went to the bow and pulled the bait bag out of the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They hammered on the outer gate and called, but there was at first no answer; and then to their surprise someone blew a horn, and the lights in the windows went out. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Telescopes and thermometers do not change the world around them as saws and hammers do, but they change our awareness of the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Toby shot out of the car and hammered on her door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z His legs were on fire, and his forehead felt as if somebody had been pounding on it with a hammer, but he could move. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He hammered his index finger into the counter, like he was pounding a miniature gavel. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The Hound had broken down her door with a war hammer, she said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Harry felt sick; his heart was hammering very fast — “PEEVES!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But time had taken a visible toll; tears in the seams hadn’t been mended, and rust coated most of the metal stakes hammered into the grass to keep it secure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He was bent over an anvil, hammering a red-hot sword blade. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Grinning, Cole pulled on his tennis shoes and gloves, and picked up his hammer. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Hooks on the walls held a hammer, ax, pliers, and clubs of various shapes and sizes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z His hammer was slung across both shoulders, and he draped his arms over it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As the dead kings came stumbling from their cold black graves, Jon had woken in pitch-dark, his heart hammering. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lord Quellon, White Widow, Lamentation, Woe, Leviathan, Iron Lady, Reapers Wind, and War- hammer, with six more ships behind, two of them storm- wracked and under tow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Overhead the ironwork brown with rust, the hammered rivets, the wooden sleepers and crossplanks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She wanted me to tell Noah about CSA and maybe I wouldn’t have found the courage if I hadn’t come to Guillermo, if I hadn’t picked up a chisel and hammer. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z If they had, they might have notified their mother, who was hammering out a story on a proposed school levy and would not be home to watch the news—or to alert Mrs. McCullough. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Three days after that, on my day off, I go to Mrs. Krajewska and ask if she has a hammer. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He went in, came out with a hammer and several long planks of wood. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Bright as hammered gold, it hurts my eyes when I sit down on a patch of clover near the stables, looking back at the house. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Johnny, who had never even seen a sash cord in all his life, got a hammer and screwdriver and took the whole window frame out of its case. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Nation began her crusade at the age of fifty-three, when she loaded up a buggy with hammers and rocks and drove to Kiowa, Kansas, a town notorious for its wild behavior in its many saloons. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I cupped my hands around my eyes and felt the glass hum with hammering as if it were alive. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was a very beautiful thing, this Golden Ticket, having been made, so it seemed, from a sheet of pure gold hammered out almost to the thinness of paper. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Behind him he could hear the rackety hammering of the carpenters brought all the way from Salinas to rebuild the old Sanchez house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, we think you are Menda?” asked the smith, gripping his hammer tightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His pulse hammered in him and he was confused. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They would go after Jan. The “Red” he had signed to the letter and the hammer and curving knife would make them look for Communists. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Ramsay hated my smiles, so he took a hammer - to my teeth. lean hardly eat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Tried folding it between pieces of felt and striking it with a hammer—it did not shatter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He handed the nail to me, along with the hammer. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening I hear hammering, and after a while I go to see what is being built. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z My heart pounded like a hammer against my ribs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’ll tell you later,” I whisper, and my heart starts hammering madly in my chest. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Getting a claw hammer, he started tearing off the top of the box. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No axes, no hammers, no weapons but knives. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He liked shooting things, hammering things, smashing things, and wrestling with his father. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He took the red straps to his anvil and punched screw holes in them and bent the angles with his hammer and the forked sparks leaped out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "Give me my hammer and not a man in the realm can stand before me!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Dad wheezes from his corner and hammers his chest with a fist. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z We each ran back to our houses to rifle through our parents’ toolboxes for hammers and nails. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z With each explosion, every bone in my body vibrated and hammered, clanging violently against the bell tower that was my flesh. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I mean, the way he hammered home his points, one by one, in logical sequence. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Brokk could hear the sound of Eitri’s hammers outside the forge, and the sounds of filing and twisting, of shaping and banging. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Dri emptied the wrenches and rope and hammer from the plastic milk crate, and then she lined the crate with the patch of tarp we’d just cut to form a sort of bowl. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Concrete gloves hammered into his stomach, his sides. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But ’stead of bolting them down, he hammered more of the staples onto ’em. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Thor hefted his hammer, Mjollnir, and gathered a group of the gods to go looking for Loki, to take their revenge, but the crafty troublemaker was nowhere to be seen. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I lean farther forward, my heart hammering in my chest, trying to get a better look, but the angle’s wrong and I can’t see her now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Far below, the deathless fires put out their glow and smoke on the darkling air, and even at this great height the clang of hammers could be heard in the snapping wind. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The stern men walked quickly to the gulch and across the foot bridge and they hammered on the door of the doctor who had studied in France. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The excitement of Gabes project was short-lived, and their interest waned when they realized he was not just hammering together a primitive raft that they could paddle along the riverbank. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On the afternoon before, C.P. and Ann had handed over to the School Board the recommendation, on a wide range of issues, hammered out over the last ten days. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The reporters were barely out of sight when the warders removed the jerseys and gave us back our hammers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was about taking a hammer to my life and completely rehauling it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My hands scramble for the hammer at my belt. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He fought and clawed against the rock, broke his face free, then was driven down again, hammered into the bottom. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I hammered the pins back into their hinges, and then packed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z One by one, each man is silenced by the hammer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then taking a box of caps from his pocket, he raised the hammer of the gun and slipped one of the little bright caps over the hollow pin that was under the hammer. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I do remember my heart hammering against the stiff wood as I leaned against the front door and stared out the little rectangular windows at the top. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z As we walked through the city toward the park, we could hear the incessant banging of hammers and the wheezing of saws. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z So while he slept I went down to the barn, got from my father’s workshop a wrench, a pliers, a screwdriver, and a hammer, and went to work. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The hammers reset, and Hazel had a feeling the guns had just magically reloaded. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “One kiss from my hammer and no one will care what his name was,” said Arch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I use my rock hammer to chisel around its edges, then pry it up and brush away the surrounding dirt with my gloved hand. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Roy was dazzled by the wondrous quiet, the bushy old mangroves sealing off the place from the honking and hammering of civilization. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The size of him almost made her gasp, and she had to drop her gaze, her heart hammering away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The ringing of the hammer stopped and the smithy rushed out to see what had his chirren raising such a fuss. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Victor, with hammer and nails and scraps of scantling, was patching a comer of one of the galleries. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z A well-aimed rap of a hammer got the engine working again, but then, at about 10:30, an old section of hose burst and the flow of water stopped again. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z They say: It’s just not natural that he makes his girl use a hammer. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Then he took some of the iron staples and hammered them so’s Syl’s parents couldn’t slip out. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The cold was ferocious, a hammer blow that nearly forced the air out of his lungs. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The thought of the man with the hammer made Mark’s stomach sink. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It was well beyond arm’s reach, too far away to get hit with a hammer, but close enough that I saw notches in its fin. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the rain, which hammered down even harder than when Barry had closed his eyes. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z In Cyprus, Hoagland said, Jack’s captors decided they were going to break every bone in his body with a small hammer, from the toes up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And high rates of immigration and immigrant success stories seem to hammer home the point: The rules of advancement have changed. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Growing up and learning his trade from his father at Eton, he had used simple hand tools—saws, hammers, chisels, wood planes, and sanding blocks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Things you learn in church that are hammered into you until they’re so normal that you expect everyone else who doesn’t go to church to know what you mean. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They talked about weird Ultimate terminology, like “hammers” and “spirit of the game” and “flicks.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The armory doors were open, and Bran glimpsed Mikken at his forge, his hammer ringing as sweat dripped off his bare chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z John Henry waded through the bay, knocking debris out of his way with a swipe of his glowing hammer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Said she’d dig a hammer in they heads if they so much as looked at it.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the background, Papi sawed and hammered in a rhythm much more musical than what I conjured from the piano. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He let go of the hammer when it was pointing at the giant. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Several fetterlings had managed to coil around Eddie’s page giant like a python, but huge paper fists were hammering them left and right. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “That hammer might come in handy next time those iron monsters come ’round. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Thor nodded, and he tapped the handle of his hammer meaningfully. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “I like doing things more. One of my uncles was a carpenter. I think that’d be good, spending my days with a hammer and a saw and a bit of sandpaper.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It feels as if needles have been hammered into my brain, and it is hard to be sure whether it is day or night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Not today, Em,” her mom said around the nail gripped between her lips while she hammered another one into the wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He had been shaping a block of granite with a hammer when a chip flew into his left eye and sliced right through it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Szymczak left me his hammer and a handful of nails. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I listen for footsteps, hear nothing but my pulse hammering in my ears. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Footsteps gain on me, hammering along the road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He hammered out his last word on the table with his fist, upsetting his glass and spilling a dark pool of scutten across the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel relaxed till we heard the blacksmith’s hammer ringing out from somewhere ’head of us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z There was a sound of footsteps running away, then running back again, and a hammering began. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The phalanx following carried spears or lances tasseled with ribbons, the long blades hammered out of trucksprings in some crude forge upcountry. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z In his spare time our father hammers away at the interior of the house. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Each time he opened his mouth to speak, the smell of arrack on his breath hit Kochu Maria like a hammer. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With my heart hammering wildly in my chest, I scoop up the other Edith’s box and scrabble down the ladder. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A posthole digger, shovels, a few bags of quick-set concrete, large buckets with lids, a role of fencing wire, pliers, and a couple of hammers were piled on the ground near the bushes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Multicolored tattoos—of eight-pointed stars, lush-leafed vines, a hammer and anvil, a bird, a woman's eyes, scales—run from his wrists up his arms and into a black leather jerkin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “We managed to secure the area, in spite of half the town hammering on the door.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The voice of Claudius Templesmith, the Hunger Games announcer, hammers my ears. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Whether raised fists freeze in her company or open for a handshake, she’s nobody’s alibi or hammer or toy. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew we’d get thirsty, even though the rain hammered our shirts to our backs and chilled us right through the skin, and being thirsty ever again seemed out of the question. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave us ten minutes to dress, then he came in carrying a broom, a hammer, and a sack full of tin can lids he had scrounged somewhere. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s careful, doing as little hammering as possible, and when he’s done, I can’t tell that his wall is not the wall of our attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I swallowed a scream when a face formed in the dirt around the hammer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I dropped the hammer and shot up that enormous tree like a monkey. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z No less miraculous was that a girl typing away in Cleveland made the hammers of Francie’s machine pound out the words. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat on a stump and stared at his hands, calloused where the hammer and saw handles rubbed against his skin. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z En route to lunch the next day, as I approached my locker, I noticed the door was open; someone had hammered the lock and dumped out my books. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit down on the bed, the phone in my hand, mv heart hammering. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For seven days and nights the Putnam was deluged and hammered. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Armed with iron bars and sledges, the companions hurried back to the cottage and, while the enchantresses looked on curiously, Taran raised his hammer. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The original Watson and Crick model of DNA, with its hammered metal plates and rickety rods twisting precariously around a steel laboratory stand, is housed behind a glass case. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z My heart is hammering from the bloodshed, from Cardan being so close, from striking him without consequences. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Aesir set each stone on its side, and Thor took his hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The hammer kept the gods of Asgard safe from all the dangers that menaced them and the world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Hillari took off her shoe and used it like a hammer to smash the cookie on her table. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He raised the hammer and slammed it down on Skrymir’s forehead. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z When she wanted to know something, she would hammer him to death with questions until he answered her. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Because late that same night he borrowed a pistol, gripped it by the barrel, and used it like a hammer to break his own nose. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a sound of hammering; it is the box being nailed down. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z So I went where I always go when I don’t know what to do—I headed for the library to organize my thoughts and hammer out a battle plan. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s dumb as a bag of hammers. I can make her do a few things, but you won’t get anything out of her.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She hammered on the cell door with the flat of her hand. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It was just a sloping building covered with corrugated tin panels hammered together. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Not if I give King Harzoo a little smack with my hammer,” suggested the big man. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z While Alice sniffed and wiped tears, I carefully bored a hole through the sapling to which the stone and hammer were attached, then slipped the cross stick into the hole half way. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Can they hear his heart hammering right now against his ribs? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z John Henry, the raft line wrapped around his waist so he could use both hands, swung his hammer like he was back drilling through a mountain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I knew the number of his room, 148, and I hammered at the door, very flushed in the face and breathless. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Her black sounds charmed me, and she wove her black ribbons as the rain hammered assent. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Scarlet banners with the hammer and sickle emblem of world revolution were lifted, and they fluttered in the May breeze. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two weeks? Are you in control of your brains? Oh, I get it. I’ve got to be out here day and night, hammering and sawing.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He could shrink the hammer down and hide it inside his shirt, and he could make it grow again. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z But he ran past Belet and raised his hammer over me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He seized a heavy hammer that was leaning against the wall. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z One white laborer struck a black man with a hammer. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Trying not to put in too much or too little, he trickled fine firing grains into the priming pan beneath the hammer lock and flint. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Thor stationed himself at the door to the house all night, holding his hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He could draw the hammer back with his thumb and take another shot. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With a hammer and two threepenny nails in hand, Stella Armijo emerged from her low adobe farmhouse one morning while Herbie reclined on his front stoop trying to read a book. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone else came running down the steps, footfalls like hammers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Her heartbeat hammered as the door to the jokomoto’s cage swung open and his head swiveled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In the Gardens of Gelenei stood a guided tree a hundred feet high with leaves of hammered silver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The fair was so big, so beyond grasp, that the Columbian Guards found themselves hammered with questions. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His eyes flew open in the dark, his heart began to hammer, and he gave up on sleeping and lay in a state of terrible impatience for the rest of the night. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He laughed, a great booming sound that rolled like thunder, and when the first wave of fetterlings leaped forward, his hammer was there to greet them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “It’s been a long time. If you’ve lost your skill you might simply bruise me. How long has it been since you swung a killing hammer in the stockyards? Thirty years? Forty?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The operator in Peoria had a harsh, hammering quality. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Pear trees with fruit that looked like hammered gold. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When everything was carried up, Janina’s father and Uncle Shepsel broke apart the cart with hammers and kicks and carried the gray, splintery cart pieces up too, even the wheels. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Crab pulled back on the hammer and handed the gun, barrel facing the trees in front of them, very carefully to Ernie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You can shoot it either by pulling the trigger or by pulling back the hammer. You could squeeze the trigger six times in a row and get off six shots.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘No. But I suppose one could hammer it or melt it.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He grabbed the hammer and held it out. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Caputo could feel his heart hammering against the earth beneath him. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The Warrior had his sword sketched in beneath his face, the Smith his hammer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They had reached the very edge of the wood at the top of the field, and here was an empty space, with a small sign hammered into the ground that read weezly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Though scarred and cracked, they were sculpted from years of hammering, chiseling, and fishing, and were twice the size of the foreman's. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z We were on our knees, hands up, hearts hammering. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z ‘We must have a look and see what the hammer and the anvil have done to you. I still marvel that you are alive at all.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Dad finds a nail but wonders how he’s going to get it into the wall without a hammer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It had six spokes, each thicker than a hammer’s haft, and its rim was a handspan across. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That night he mounted to the attic with his hammer and his handful of nails and nailed the door behind him and threw the hammer out the window. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere nearby an incongruous sound shook the dark, an air hammer pounding like a machine gun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Strickland studied the faded tapestries on the walls, the arched windows with their myriad diamond-shaped panes of red and white glass, the racks of spears and swords and war- hammers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My brother has a hammer and some wood, and his own jackknife. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got my hammer back. And I had a good dinner. Let’s go home.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I sort of put the tip of the screwdriver where the loop went into the lock, and then hit the end of the screwdriver with the hammer. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z We all heard the hammer click on another empty cylinder. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Again he reached into the bag, this time coming out with a hammer. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The actions set in motion by the little hammers were then translated back up through a series of rods that led into the man’s torso. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The instant before she said it, I knew what was coming, but still her words fell like a hammer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Their Dad heard the sound of the hammer and came out in his bathrobe to stand around awhile. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He flips the metal he’s shaping with a pair of tongs and continues hammering. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Still holding his hammer, he smiled at Hatsue, and she dropped her eyes to her lap. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He tried to move, but pain hammered into him and made his breath shorten into gasps and he stopped, his legs still in the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, without any kind of warning, she took the hammer and BAM! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Across the way young Meryra knelt before one of the shaping stakes, hammering his first bowl. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He’d gotten his nickname because someone was always borrowing his hammer and he was always yelling at them to bring it back. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d withdraw to his hammers and nails, to the mysterious books in his dresser, to the newspapers and magazines he brought home rolled up in his wooden toolbox. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He drew a hammer, then a curving knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The sound rouses them instantly, their hearts hammering as if from the same frightening dream. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It looked old; hammered red bronze, leaf-shaped, its blade covered with ancient glyphs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He could see the light shimmering like hammered gold off the surface of the Milkwater as it curved away to the south. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She noticed that the voice from Galicia had ceased hammering at her brain. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Wash who had taught him to handle a hammer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But there was no doubt the metal was a sheet of hammered Celestial bronze, roughly circular, about five feet in diameter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My heart is still hammering in my chest, my hands shaky from our encounter. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Its mouth opened and then the hammer struck the top of its head. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I fold up the note, stick it in my pocket, replace the foot-long floorboard, and hammer it in with the heel of my hand, then I shift the mattress over again. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Her words were hammering at my brain, the horrible syllables were beating the air around me, the whole place was full of their sound. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lonsdale was running some water into the little chipped basin, to the accompaniment of a great groaning and hammering from the pipes. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z One by one they crossed, and one by one Tehlu struck them down with the hammer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Quiet before a storm maybe means folks are done hammering wood across their windows and placing sand sacks beside their front doors. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z At last he dropped the hammer and turned to Coll, who was watching him critically. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They would outdo each other, leaping in on me, hammering at Mr. Muhammad, at me, and at the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Scooter was in the cherry tree, hammering nails into boards. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Worse yet, every Englishman who hammered This illustration showing the tools used to punish and torture slaves appeared in Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He brushed each glove gingerly with the hammer, and steam hissed from them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I can’t say that it was this sense of guilt, though, that had my fingers itching to hammer my keyboard for some more digging—not exclusively. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Sweat streams down the smith’s face and into his burns-scarred jerkin as he hammers at a glowing chunk of steel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z On still nights she could hear the hammers ringing through the warm, dry air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Across their backs they bore round wicker shields covered with hides and boiled leather, displaying painted images of snakes and spiders, severed heads, bloody hammers, broken skulls, and demons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I looked at the hammer and nail in my hands. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The basilisk’s blade had scarce slipped from its leather sheath when the hammer’s spike slammed into his temple, crunching through the thin brass of his mask and the flesh and bone beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Iorek himself was grinding and hammering a fist-sized stone, having rejected several until he found one of the right weight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The giant stood close by, trying to yank his hammer out of the floor where he’d embedded it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He then had me sit on the edge of the examination table, and he tapped my knees with a flat-nosed rubber hammer. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He beat the animal to death with a hammer and threw its limp body out a window. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When I woke up that morning, I heard a hammer going. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z But the roar of the water and the lashing of the trees in the wind were too loud: he could hardly hear the hammering himself. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It felt like somebody was inside with a hammer, beating on it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Partly ruinous it seemed, but already before the night was passed the sound of hurried labour could be heard: beat of hammers, clink of trowels, and the creak of wheels. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Beside him, the Lady had mounted her dragonfly, and now she urged it through the narrow gap into the hammering gusts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He hammers a strip of heated metal with careful, measured strokes, his brightly tattooed arms sweating from the strain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Many of the men and women had demons hiding inside them that fled screaming when the hammer touched them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was backbreaking work: digging out a level patch of earth, hauling rocks in wheelbarrows, hammering boards in place. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I wondered how he would adjust if Mother were forever cutting his food for him; if he could live a happy life if he wasn’t able to grasp a hammer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I yank my hammer from my belt and smash each of the hand-and footholds I’m using as I make my way along the bridge’s edge. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Yet there were many like us without hammers and using only stones, who were making very good progress. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were pulled the bells would rock back and forth, causing the hammers inside to hit the sides of the bells. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z “Not today, Em,” her mom said around the nail gripped between her lips while she hammered another one into the wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Kabuo nodded and went back to work, his hammer striking efficiently. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then Billy stepped to the rack under the manure window and picked up a horseshoe hammer with his wet right hand. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Joost threw himself to the ground, covering his head as the rapid hammer of gunfire filled his ears and bits of glass rained down on his hands and back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I find it just off the main street, marked only by an ornate iron T hammered into the door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was as different from the music of the little gold hammers as anything could be. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I never remember my dreams, although I sometimes awaken with my fists clenched and my heart hammering. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Ignoring the sarcasm in his lifelong friend’s voice, Amarante thumbed back the hammer, took careful aim . . . and blew the second bottle into just as spectacular smithereens. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a step toward her, saw that the hammer was back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The reader would have to think that, too, since the new Gospel hammered home again and again what a nobody Jesus was. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to set aside his hammer to lift the cask. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The two with the hammer and the crowbar were drilling a hole near the base of the windmill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Jen’s face got the red creeps, so I know I done hammered the right nail. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Woodpeckers hammer at my trunk, but they also eat annoying pests. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And then a fist hammered on the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He finished off the beer he was drinking, snipped the can open with his wire cutters, hammered it flat, and nailed it over the hole. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Sugah, you have the personality of a jack hammer. You can make inanimate objects nervous. Please relax.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, I’ve got my mom’s car, and I was wondering if maybe we could do WaHo after school? Then we can hammer out the plans, and I can drive you home afterward.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He sat on his shins with his back to them, tapping carefully with a hammer. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They have distributed among them the surveillance equipment George was carrying, and they’re destroying it, hitting it with shoes or rocks or hammers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The hood was badly dented, like somebody had tried to hammer out some huge craters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The hammer’s head—a thick metal block marred with pits and scrapes—began to glow with blazing, red-hot light, and John pressed it against a tangle of roots. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My father waves at us with his hammer, his mouth full of nails. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The giant swung his hammer, but they dodged it easily. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I did not want to feel the heavy hammer knocking in my head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I swung up my hammer and eased over to the barn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “It feels like someone’s hammering away back there,” she said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Isn’t that nice,” Mr. Gonzalez said when Ignatius had stopped hammering. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Weeks after you were dead, those questions hammered me until I thought my heart would shatter. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Since our machinist needed at least three days merely to turn out the more simple phosphorus atoms, I went back to Clare after lunch to hammer out the final draft of my genetics manuscript. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Before he could transform himself back into giant shape he was already wounded, and as he changed from bird into giant, a blow of Thor’s hammer parted Thiazi from his life. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Then three men in natty cream-colored summer suits came to stand near me at the curb, and something about them struck me like a hammer. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was the hammer five feet away in the grass? Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Thor raised his hammer high above his head, but before he could strike, Utgardaloki was gone. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z After arriving in the morning, we would fetch our picks, shovels, hammers, and wheelbarrows from a zinc shed at the top of the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their black skin glistened in the firelight as they worked, sparks flying as they took turns hammering on a long piece of glowing hot metal. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We had spent the minutes before the bell rang dancing around it while Holly sang that old song about having a hammer, I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out a warning... Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The hammer felt like a feather as I finished the next section of fence. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I heard moans on both sides of me, and the sound of hammers and saws in the distance. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped work for an instant to level the hammer handle and a sharp glance over his shoulder at Ranofer. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He had to lean in to be heard amid the constant hammering of the anvils. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It might seem to follow that the economy was a hammer that helped beat down crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z "Peace is sweet, my lady ... but on what terms? It is no good hammering your sword into a plowshare if you must forge it again on the morrow." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That’s not the same as hitting him in the back of the head with a hammer,” I said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mv heart hammering against my ribs, I follow cautiously, stopping just short of the sliding doors. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I told the idiot to chill or I’d hammer him, and he chilled. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z But he still felt it, drumming like a hammer in his brain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I have only a saw, hammer, chisel, and adze, but we are managing alright,” he reported in his diary. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But his name, it is a nail that will be hammered into me and never come out again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When two more hammers joined the mayhem, she came out of her incubation trance. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Percy heard the clank of hammers at a forge and smelled meat cooking over a fire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The doctor is still shouting, hammering his fist on the door, and there are other voices in the courtyard, too. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z According to some tales, he hammered steel drilling spikes into granite for a railroad company. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Millard searched through the gravel until he found a sharpened stone, and, using another stone as a hammer, he chipped an inscription of his own below the others. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Each day his hammer rang on bronze until his rock anvil broke, or his tongs bent, or he ran out of firewood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My father is usually on a ladder hammering away at the roof when he’s not tinkering with the chopper. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I hold on to the counter edge, wait for my heart to stop hammering. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They passed through industrial neighborhoods, where the orb buzz was drowned out by the sound of clanging hammers and the whir of saws. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was just that she sounded too calm, while his heart hammered in his chest. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Blue velvet and hammered silver and braided gold tablecloths are rolled out, each one decorated with the House of Greenbriar’s standard, a tree of flowers, thorns, and roots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A huge god, red-bearded and muscular, wearing iron gauntlets and holding an iron hammer, which he swung, once. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z John was the biggest and the strongest, the first to land a hammer blow in the morning and the last to trudge home in the evenings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z With the hammer head he knocked off the excess shell, and with the blade at the other end he struck off the small oysters. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Wall was hammering Stagehand at Seabiscuit, but Seabiscuit was hanging up against him and giving it right back, ferocious, head down, ears pinned. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The hammer met it in midair and sent it back in pieces. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He lined up a hammer with the end of the pipe and swung down. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He could use a soldering iron and hammer two boards together so that the wood did not split and the nails did not bend. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z From down below came the sound of hammering. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I forced myself to pretend I wasn’t scared when I asked, “Where’s the hammer?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I hefted the hammer and began again, keeping at it until I couldn’t lift the hammer one more time. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Wooden boards had been hammered haphazardly across the front, but there were gaps I could peer through. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “I could do without the crown,” she said, touching the golden circlet on her head, weighty as the anvil on which the blacksmith hammered the horseshoes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z His heart was hammering again in aching terror as he hurtled upward and downward through the blind gangs of flak charging murderously into the sky at him, then sagging inertly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Two SS officers with skulls on their caps hammered on Mrs. Pohler’s door, called her a stinking Jew, slapped her face, and removed the linen key from her shaking hands. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Not that she can move, for her legs seem suddenly to have been hammered into the ground beneath her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Even in this place of fear and darkness, the Lord of Light protects us,” Ser Godry Farring told the men who gathered to watch as the stakes were hammered down into the holes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z John Henry leaned on his hammer with his good arm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I was scared back then too, and as I think of the helplessness on Zohra’s face, there’s a hammering in my chest. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z But her heart hammered in her chest, and she trembled as she went to light the campfire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There were sounds from inside that came clearly even over the storm and the rage of the water: hammering, drilling, a turbinelike whine. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But the bed, built by Tony Bucci, is not exactly a bed; it’s just wood hammered together in the shape of a bed, with a plank where the box spring and mattress would be. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Célina’s husband was a fool, a coward, and a pig, and to prove it to her, Victor intended to hammer his head into a jelly the next time he encountered him. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z He comes over and fixes my back porch with his own saw and hammer, as in the women’s magazines of long ago, and has a beer afterward, on the lawn, as in ads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You and Loki are going to the land of the giants. We need to get you married off to Thrym before he changes his mind. I want my hammer back.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Beneath their cool exterior, however, was a rugged breed of black man you did not want to cross—tough, grizzled men whose strong brown hands gripped hammers tightly and whose eyes met you dead on. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She raised her hammer even higher when Ernie jumped a small ditch and walked across the road into her yard, Genie following, slapping grass and dirt off almost every part of his body. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Keep it together, I told myself, and then slowly moved forward, heart hammering in my chest. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Too bad for Ernie, he had never actually used a hammer. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z This was a little little town, a general store under a tree and a blacksmith shop and a bench in front on which to sit and listen to the clang of hammer on anvil. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When the rain came, it hammered against the metal bodies around us, rattling a few of the weaker roofs and screens. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was like a tap from a rubber hammer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Someone pulled back the hammer of a revolver. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She yanked a nail out of a plank with her hammer. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mia had used a hammer and a handful of roofing nails, driving each one through the thick white plastic like arrows, then prying it out again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On the porch were two coffee cans, a red cup, the hammer, a pair of wire cutters, and one nail. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Mark caught his balance and reached down for the hammer. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She placed the chocolate on Harry’s bedside table and began breaking it apart with a small hammer. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She tapped the nail lightly with the hammer, until it punctured the metal. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The crack of the hammer as it connected with the head of the nail. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I take the hammer and crush it into the chisel. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I don’t think a minute is enough—until I give in, crying harder than I have in weeks, and I hammer at the railing with the bottom of my fist. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It clanged like a hammer on a bell. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Neel’s heart was still hammering from the shock of Headmaster’s appearance, but he corrected the mistake in his head: Kill two birds with one stone. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Still, when the train came into view, steam engine hissing, pistons hammering, Fannie picked up her skirts and ran alongside the train cars, shouting at the men inside. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Somewhere a woodpecker was hammering his dinner out of a tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When she was done speaking, her heart was hammering and her mouth felt parched. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I keep hammering away at Didu's new churchgoing habit, arguing and lecturing every chance I get. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I ram the chisel with the hammer, watch a corner of the stone break off, watching myself rush into the surf that winter day. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Without hurrying, Mr. Taphouse picked up a stout hammer and opened the door. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "No, I am," called Cutjack, the plump stonemason, pulling his hammer off the leather apron he always wore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As she hurtles away from the nearest beast, she throws the hammer at its eye as hard as she can. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Everyone spills out of a plain, whitewashed building with a cross hammered onto the door. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I stuffed the hammer in my sweatpants pocket and followed him up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z An alien screech tore out of his mouth at the pain and he dropped the hammer, beat his fists against the hand and arm that had taken hold of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There mightily he armed his anvil block and hammered out a chain whose tempered links could not be sprung or bent; he meant that they should hold. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Just the edge of Rekh’s smallest one, perhaps, using the smallest of hammers. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I saw a hammer in her hand, and without wondering if I would be able to take it from her, I fled. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z John Henry and I waited, him holding the hammer in both hands, me with my fists clenched inside my borrowed gloves. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Would have been nicer if she wasn’t hammered.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He was scrambling back onto the chest of drawers when Uncle Vernon hammered on the unlocked door — and it crashed open. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He put his glasses on as Ron hammered on the door of Hermione’s stall. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night, Danny showed up hammered, and threatened to take Mitchell. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He could hear the tap of shipwright’s hammers, the creak of wooden wheels, a boatswains whistle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to look like any common migratory killer but his heart was hammering and he knew he was going to start coughing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z As if on cue, my father starts hammering. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Listen,” I said, “if it means that much to you, why don’t you just do some easier kind of pain? Something you don’t need a hammer and nail for.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Though Cootie could barely move his arms, he’d built the house on his own, teaching himself construction as he went along, hammering the plywood walls and plastering the inside. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Stonesnake carried a bag of iron spikes 'as well, and a small hammer with its head wrapped in thick felt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His feet hammered a frantic beat against the dirt floor, slowed, stopped. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Crows shout, brakes hiss, someone to her left bangs something metal with what might be a hammer. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The mountain giant saw the hammer getting rapidly bigger as it came hurtling toward him, and then he saw nothing else, not ever again. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z In that half-world between sleep and wakefulness, I can almost hear the ringing of a hammer on steel and the dry hiss of the arc welder at the little machine shop by the tipple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The sound of their hammering echoing dully under the brooding, storm-coming sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearer, a detachment of artillerymen were using hammers to smash up the dial sights and breechblocks of their guns. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was like a persistent, deep hammer thud more than the bright, sharp clarity when you cut yourself superficially. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At lunch, he walked outside the squadron headquarters and pounded a huge iron stake in the ground with a sledge hammer he kept in the trunk of his Jaguar XKE. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When she wasn’t packing water, she was out digging prickly-pear roots and hammering them to mush in a sack, then binding the mush to my leg for a poultice. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Louise hammered up a one-room shack with no running water, an outhouse behind, and a roof that leaked so badly that they had to keep buckets on the beds. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I drive the chisel into a groove and hit it hard with the hammer, taking off a big chunk of rock, then another. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I don’t know what he’s doing here, but my heart is hammering even harder than before. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “It’s my world,” I say, my heart hammering in my chest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She pounds it with a hammer until it’s soft and full of holes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers stand behind the new group of prisoners, casually smoking a cigarette with one hand, while the other holds onto a big hammer with clumps of hair sticking to its head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The tip had been hammered flat, and a jagged blade, three feet long and rusty, had been welded into place. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Another scream comes from the old woman, this time her hammer smashes his leg. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fact, they really ain’t no proper walls at all, just plyboard hammered together. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The fire’s reflection leads along the gun barrel, over the sight and hammer, to the soldier’s ecstatic face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I ought to kill her,” said Thor, still stinging from his own failure to launch the ship, and he grasped the handle of Mjollnir, his hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Nooo! You big bully,” she protested, hammering his back with tiny fists. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And I was embarrassed because I was positive he could feel my heart hammering in my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His heavy cloak was richly trimmed with sable, and clasped with the crossed hammers of the Rykkers, wrought in silver. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As the light faded so the clink-clank died; in the gathering darkness only a few faint sounds of hammering told of a solitary stone-breaker continuing his labours. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Rashid’s heart hammered hard as he pulled Tad down the hall. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then, as the reverberation of my own heartbeat stopped hammering loudly against my eardrums, I heard her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Mikken had hammered a row of iron bars into the wall, so Bran could pull himself about the room with his arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They hammered on it lor ten more minutes; Ron even went and banged on one of the windows, but there was no response. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I once heard someone say that everything looks like a nail to the man with a hammer in his hand. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Hard shrunken skin pouches and black leather purses trimmed with hammered silver buttons were things he could understand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z As he dropped the hammer down, missing over and over again, Genie started firing off the questions that had been bouncing around in his head since Tess started this whole explanation. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z With the money he made from lobstering and cutting ice out of Wash Pond and selling his paintings to the summer people, Osh had bought nails, a hammer, and whatever else he lacked. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Then Tehlu bent to pick up the hammer that the smith had dropped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were screwdrivers, saws, hammers, clamps, vises, wrenches, pliers. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I looked around and found a nail—you can always find a nail in an old basement—and hammered it in behind one of the stairs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When Rengen heard this, he grew pale and dropped his hammer to the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We loaded the rocket on the pad by holding it upside down, tapping the casement with a hammer to get the gray powder to settle as we poured it in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Loud guitar music and the sound of hammering come from Joon’s room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t know if Daedalus will help you, lad, but don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The sound of hammering meant Karl was already busy with a lean-to for the horses. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z "Robert fought a war to win her back. He killed Rhaegar on the Trident with his hammer, but Lyanna died and he never got her back at all." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Discs of hammered gold at her temples were connected by spans of fine chain across her brow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You mind if I ask you a stupid question? Like why you want to hammer a hole in your ear? What do you mean, pain?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z That means at least a few more hours of hammering until Mom brings Beth back from the airport. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “And a waterslide!” said Brown Fur, who was pulling random tools out of Leo’s belt, tossing aside wrenches, hammers, and staple guns. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Around midnight they had arrived at the mule barn, finding a rusty padlock on the back door, knocked loose with a whack from a hammer out of Roy Lee’s car. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Some days he had headaches that, he said, "gave me a feeling as if I had been struck a light blow with a hammer." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The sickeningly sweet smell hits my nose, and my heart begins to hammer against my chest. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They hammered sharp little drippers they called spiles into the holes. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The ones by the door hammered on it with their fists, the car rocking with their efforts, but it did no good. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Moments later, Leo and Hazel stumbled to a stop in the doorway, carrying a large sheet of hammered bronze between them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He sends me to Mr. Hannon next door for the loan of a last and a hammer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Below, though the threads were in places blurred or broken, the outline could be seen of an anvil and a hammer surmounted by a crown with seven stars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He did not knock upon Dumbledore’s door, he hammered; and the calm voice answered, “Enter” after Harry had already flung himself into the room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His hammer turned out to be a waste of two or three good pounds, because there appear to be no nails in the mud-and-thatch town of Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Jud and Frank were building some enormous, ramshackle, modernistic structure out on Commons lawn, and the hammers and the power drills had started early in the morning. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He dashed to the left as Leo pulled a ball-peen hammer from his tool belt and yelled, ‘Hey, Bronze Butt!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z From nowhere, as it seemed, piles of dry brushwood for fuel, a little anvil, hammers, tongs, and bellows were produced. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Finnick goes to hammer the spile into the green bark of a massive tree with a rock, but I stop him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, he was slow and carrying a heavy hammer. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At that point Milton started hammering on his horn. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Who?” the girl said, lowering the hammer, but just by an inch. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Between the house and the bam he stopped and listened for his brother, and in a moment he heard him hammering at something in the big new tobacco barn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The very moment I put hammer to chisel with the intention of finding NoahandJude, my mind goes to the day Noah almost drowned. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The whole street rang with the harsh clamor that issued from it, the clatter of chisel on stone, hammer on chisel, granite shrieking against rough granite. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Everybody know ’em,” the girl said, now setting the hammer on the porch. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The horse’s hooves sparked off the cobblestones and sounded like a hammer striking a forge. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He hammered at the door with them, his kippah askew on his head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Werner holds the field light in his mouth and gathers what he can: a small hammer, three jars of screws, eighteen- gauge line cord from a shattered desk lamp. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He showed her his hammers, demonstrated how the sandpaper wheel worked, his voice ringing high and proud. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Leo felt a strange desire to smack Spike with a hammer. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “That’s not the point—whether you swing a hammer or not, daughter. The point is one day you’ll step out on that back porch and smell Elijah’s new wife’s pecan pie cooling from her windowsill.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Then he grabbed his hammer with both hands. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z More hammering and scraping at the door interrupted the discussion. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Buck made a gun with his finger and dropped the hammer. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Odin the all-highest said, “It is indeed an excellent idea. Well done, Heimdall. We need the hammer back, and this is the best way. Goddesses, prepare Thor for his wedding night.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z All the giants and ogres fell beneath Thor’s hammer: the guests at the wedding that was never to be. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I think too much of my car; I’m not going to hammer it to pieces like it was a ford. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me to fetch him his wire cutters, a hammer, and some roofing nails. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The house was silent for a moment, except for the sound of Matthew down the block still hammering away at his forge. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he came back, he had a hammer, a jar of nails, a bag of cotton balls, a bottle of iodine, and some Band-Aids. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Heart hammering, Harry pushed his cart after them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The girl is murmuring something I can’t hear over the ringing of the hammer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I punched a finger into my chest, hammered in the next four words. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Then I go all along the circle with the hammer and chisel. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z And while hammers pounded and sawdust filled the air, Milton acquainted himself with the papers and deeds Lefty had haphazardly kept in a cigar box beneath the register. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He aligned the cylinder for the true cartridge to come up and he let the hammer down and put the pistol in his parka and stood up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z So that afternoon, when Mama told Stella to get Papa’s hammer and a few nails and fix some porch planks that had worked loose, she’d jumped at the chance to be helpful, just in case. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The agent flattened himself against the rock, thumbed back the hammer of his revolver, and waited for the horseman to show. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z John Henry had his overalls rolled up around his knees as he stood in the water, hammering away at a bridge fashioned from the wreckage of fancy yachts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It hammered against the frame and then sprang back, trembling on its hinges. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He hit Thrym with his hammer, only once, but once was all it took. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Iron wheels revolved there endlessly, and hammers thudded. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Another time, though, I saw Auguste stop singing as though suddenly possessed and then begin to mime savagely beating someone on the floor, as though with a hammer or hatchet. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Laying down on my stomach, with my heart beating like a trip hammer, I wiggled my way to Rubin’s grave. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The actions set in motion by the little hammers were then translated back up through a series of rods that led into the man’s torso. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I want to hammer the door with my hands and my feet. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Billy’s own horse was a stringy cayuse with a hammer head, but he nearly always won first prize at the stock trials. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Another punch, hard and round and sharp, hammered my stomach. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She hammered a row of nails into a board. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z China’s husband was a fool, a coward, and a pig, and to prove it to her, Victor intended to hammer his head into a jelly the next time he encountered him. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam tells him he’s going to destroy the shoes altogether but he pounds away with the hammer, driving the nails through the rubber pieces and into the shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His show-stopping performances encouraged piano builders to adopt iron frames to replace wooden ones, because pianos simply broke under the hammering Liszt gave them on stage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When I was very young, my mother pretended she could shape things from the wind, and she would give them to me to use, like hammers and nails, or swords, or roller skates. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Through Cavern Hole he clattered in the darkness, stumbling and tripping over furniture, his heart hammering loudly and legs pumping like twin pistons. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Shaping the brackets involved a hammer and . . . well, that's it, actually. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I raised her up quietly, with hammering heart. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo pulled a hammer from his tool belt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A fist hammered at her door again, and a voice called out, "Open, in the name of the king." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Behind her on set is a humongous screen where I see myself: sawing, hammering, and blowing bangs out of my eyes as I concentrate. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Rachel and Ema had hammered home the obvious: I couldn’t go into the club again. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It was a good thing I did, because even though Henrietta was silent when I got there, that lady was holding a screwdriver on top of the padlock and hitting it with a hammer. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The man hammered out metal on a rock, making a ringing sound through the trees. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Robert would have shouted for his hammer to repay Bloodbeard in kind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She grasped Rishi’s hand, her eyes wide, her heart hammering in her chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z With her heart hammering in her throat, Ash asked, “Will you do me the honor of dancing with me?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘That was the sound of a hammer, or I have never heard one,’ said Gimli. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The drops of water hammered down on them, like a shower on at full force. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then in the middle of a stormy night came Pechvarry hammering at Ged's door, begging him to come save the child. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Thor’s weapon is Mjollnir, a remarkable hammer, forged for him by dwarfs. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Reston was once a country town, and its rural past still fights obliteration, like a nail that won’t stay hammered down. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingers tightened on the hammer’s carved wooden handle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “And the KKK? They get a report of any colored person who tries to register to vote. You want that hammer hangin’ over your family?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The color and shape of a hammer hitting a nail has become such a part of my existence that I barely notice it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes he let me start the nails, and then he’d drive them in with one hard blow from the hammer. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Like her fellow West Virginian John Henry, the steel-driving man who faced off against the steam hammer, Katherine Johnson would soon be asked to match her wits against the prowess of the electronic computer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z All day long we unpacked boxes, filled cupboards, hammered nails and straightened up the mess, until we fell exhausted into our clean beds at night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And on Mondays eight servants including an extra gardener toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Pa fights the urge to scream as he hears the sound of a hammer crack the skull next to him, smashing into it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The banging of hammers and chink of chisels filled the air, summer, autumn, winter, and spring. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The grandpas try to hammer, but I keep interrupting, dancing around to get their attention. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z So he pulled back the hammer, took careful aim directly on the target, and fired again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We drew up the plans on the kitchen table, then hammered the frames together and laid the keel last night. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The hammering begins and the familiar mottled gray bursts of color appear about a foot away from my face. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z And now he fell forward, screaming again, hammering his fists upon the ground, while Harry filled the ninth goblet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z In the lane the noise of hoofs broke out, and gathering to a gallop, went hammering away into the darkness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And for a city that had been so poor before Hitler's rise to power, the sound of work, of hammers ringing along the docks, building ships and U-boats, is beautiful, too. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Down below, on the murky peak, the demons were busily cutting the stairway loose with axes and hammers and saws. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She rarely found him at games, lately, though; most often he was alone in the clearing near the river, hammering away on the misshapen vessel that he called his boat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Doctor Copeland felt his pulse hammering at his wrists and temples. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Each bell hammer was set just one-third of an inch above the metal plate. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the men had produced a crowbar and a sledge hammer. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Stella dropped the hammer, swung open the front door, and hollered, “Hey, Mama! The Spoon Man—he’s coming up the road, Mama! Come outside quick!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At last, on the fourth morning, close to midday, he noticed Heqet standing close beside Rekh’s worktable, ostensibly watching the goldsmith raise a bowl, but actually whispering to him under cover of the hammer taps. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z In the silence I was sure all could have heard my heart hammering. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The hammer fell and sparks danced out of the chamber with a fizz! Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “A plumping mill is a mechanical device run by water power. It lifts a hammer and drops it.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He plunged the haft of his hammer into the ground, gripped the metal head, kneeled down, and closed his eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It had been forged in Valyria, before the Doom had come to the old Freehold, when the ironsmiths had worked their metal with spells as well as hammers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I raided the basement for hammers and saws and threw them in the back of Roy Lee’s wreck of a car. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Principal DeShields arrived shortly after and hammered me with questions: Who had attacked me? We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The raindrops were sharp, angry nails hammered into my jacket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The hammer whistled inches from my head, and I ducked just as a fetterling leaped forward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He picked up a tiny hammer and began to reshape a golden wing tip which seemed to the boy already perfect. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z During the night his mother and his sister had beaten him to death with a hammer in order to rob him and had thrown his body in the river. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z She hammered at their spool’s securing clips, releasing it from the winding spindle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The hammering of our feet is the only sound other than the rising scream of the approaching airstrike. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Dex and Faris are there, along with the other twenty-seven men in my battle platoon, including Cyril, a barrel-shaped boy who hates taking orders but accepts mine readily, and Darien, who has fists like hammers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I have an ache to be making a plan and hammering on boards again. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z They were working that night in his study when someone hammered on the front door. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z With each nail I pounded the rest of the afternoon, I hammered out my next installment for Mr. Miltenberger. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z My fingers seemed to hammer the keyboard of their own will. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It was slow work, puncturing the tank with a hammer and stake, then waiting for the fuel to drip out so the tank could be safely removed with a cutting torch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Heart hammering, Dimple slid the sketch pad back into Rishi’s messenger bag, crossed the room, and sat back down at the laptop. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Instead, a group known as the Big Six—the country’s three top political and three top military leaders—met to argue and hammer out decisions. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he heard a hammering noise near by; he looked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The room was black as pitch, and someone was hammering on the door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My professor, Linda Heywood, was slight and bespectacled, spoke with a high Trinidadian lilt that she employed like a hammer against young students like me who confused agitprop with hard study. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Eased the hammer back and lowered my gun and plain walked off. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z After burning all the letters, he got out a hammer and nails and boarded up the cracks around the front and back doors so no one could go out. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z On the stage, in front of a velvet curtain, were two flags: the Stars and Stripes and the unmistakable and portentous crimson Soviet banner with its hammer and sickle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Meryra would have a sorry and crooked bowl, he reflected, if he did not hold his elbow higher, and he must stiffen his wrist or that sharp-edged hammer would leave marks all over the gold. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I must be more fearsome than I knew,” Tyrion confessed as the last links were hammered closed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Celia’s arm tires from banging her hammer and her voice is hoarse from calling for order. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She hammered her paws loudly against the stones. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He didn’t turn around but continued on his knees, digging out nails with the hammer’s claw, muttering the words to his favorite chachachá. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A call goes out for carpenters, and planks flow from the lumberyard into the pickups of anyone who can handle a hammer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z If I hit my thumb with a hammer, most people watching will grimace: they’ll mimic my emotional state. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Pain hammered through his elbow when he moved his arm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The idea of beating a soft, living head with a hammer was simply too much. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Several fists were hammering it, so that it shook, and the voices were like a pack of hounds. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight dismounted, then hammered on the door until a haggard slave with a horsehead on his cheek came running. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He slipped the hammer into a cloth ring on his pants, then picked up his level and measuring tape. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He hammered on the door with a fist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Axel swallows hard, forcing all of his sorrys back into his throat, then into his hammering chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z This entrance enabled them, armed with a hammer and a pair of pliers, to gain access to the room Trueba had shut. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Rats running electric motors that ran belts that ran small circular saws, lathes, drills, grindstones, and other tools Mrs. Frisby could not name; rats hammering, welding, cutting. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I lay in bed, gasping, my heart hammering in my ears, thinking how much I missed my wife. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The walls rang with the sound of hammers, and burly men in leather aprons stood sweating in the sullen heat as they bent over bel-lows and anvils. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One tap of the hammer and it stayed in place while he hit it home, and so did the other five he put in. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She was really hammering this say hi to Pop thing. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It thundered across the field, stomped through the stream, and John Henry raced toward it, hammer in hand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Folks was yelling one after the ’nother, wagons and horses’ hoofs was making sharp clacking sounds on the bricks that covered up the road, hammering and banging was coming from each direction. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z There’s a fat coil of copper wire, a tiny instrument hammer, and a two- terminal battery as big as a shoe—finer equipment than Werner has had access to in his life. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The sound of the blacksmiths hammer on his anvil reminded me of Polly, our tardy serving girl. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The torches shimmered brightly against the hammered metal of the wall sconces, filling the Queen's Ballroom with silvery light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mom didn't use a hammer—she threw a grenade. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Thor held the haft of his hammer with a hand that was covered with golden rings. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I run to the nearest open door and close it, my heart hammering like it’s fled down hundreds of flights of stairs. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The two men stood there hammering at each other until the army got to its feet with a roar, and no decision, wanting it both ways. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z For the early shows, they hammered out the scripts together. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Trucks haul dirt and pour concrete while men hammer and weld. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Physical tools enable you to act in the world: a saw cuts through wood, and a hammer drives home nails. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Like an athlete throwing the hammer, Constance whirled on her hind legs, faster and faster, until suddenly she threw her burden with a colossal heave. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Pass me the hammer,” he says in his gentle voice. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The kitchen clock flashed its pendulum behind its glass skirt, and it ticked like a little wooden hammer striking on an empty wooden box. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The boat didn’t seem to have gone up or down, but the rain was still hammering on the tarpaulin. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "We ought to be hammering out the terms of an alliance, not trading taunts." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In fact, it looks less like a stove than a machine hammered together out of some other machine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Zau regarded him thoughtfully for a while, then picked up his hammer again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He said he was tired of listening to hammering all day long. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He pounded his hammer, and Felix didn’t know if that meant it was over or if it was just a way to get their attention. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She was on the ground, her forebear looped over her back, which freed her spear to pin foes to the ground while her kierie hammered them senseless. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Beneath their cool exterior, however, was a rugged breed of black man you did not want to cross—tough, grizzled men whose strong brown hands gripped hammers tightly and whose eyes met you dead on. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And the tall, slender Children's Tower, where legend said the children of the forest had once called upon their nameless gods to send the hammer of the waters, had lost half its crown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The click of a hammer being pulled back echoes loudly in the barn. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Though it should’ve happened a long time ago, it finally hit Mark— like a hammer to his heart—just how much trouble Trina was in. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I’m banged up and bloody and someone seems to be hammering on my left temple from inside my skull. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "You saw the boy. Such a strong boy. Those hands of his, those hands were made for hammers. He had such promise, I took him on without a fee." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robin examined for the hundredth time the carvings on the hammer beams supporting the roof of the hall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Morrie gasped, his voice jumpy as a jack- hammer as I pounded on him. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ostriches definitely have the right idea, he thought, as he freed himself from the blankets he’d wrapped around his body and went to the kitchen to get a hammer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Children were taking hammers and smashing their piggy banks and running out to the shops with handfuls of money. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The man swore luridly, as if she’d hit his hand with a hammer. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z As if in answer to my words, his deep voice hammered its way up through the river bottoms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Farquar bunched up his fist and stuck out the knuckle of his middle finger, it was hard as a ball peen hammer and sharp as a spear. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Near one of the posts, a hammer and a few nails had been left behind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z No more honking, no more doors slamming, just the usual hammering. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But Tehlu chained him tightly to the wheel, hammering the links together, sealing them tighter than any lock. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She could hear the wild hammering of his heart. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we run up the steps, Char’s high heels sounding like hammers banging nails whenever she takes a step. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z From beneath the cloth Brokk produced a hammer, and placed it in front of Thor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Journeymen armorers glanced up from their hammers and tongs just long enough to wipe the sweat from their brows, while bare-chested apprentice boys worked the bellows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The hammering, soldering, and polishing took hours, while Crick paced impatiently upstairs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They went at it hammer and tongs for several minutes until Redtooth emerged the victor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He hammered on it with a fist, and cursed when a splinter snagged the fabric of his glove. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jay raised his flashlight above his head to use like a hammer. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I see hammers, pliers, tape rolls, measuring sticks, drills, scissors... The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I recognized the place immediately, because every other subdivision on the access road was walled in, whereas Quail Hollow was just a plastic sign hammered into the ground. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He hammers the knife in a second time, saws away at the metal, and bends up the lid. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The goldsmiths and silversmiths hammered away, with small hammers, at gold leaf. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But today each footstep was a hammer pounding on her heart. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z And Pan Ku burst out of the egg, four times larger than any man today, with a hammer and chisel in his hand with which he fashioned the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I would hear and feel the hammering of metal in my head, and these unbearable sharp sounds made my veins and muscles sour. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She heard the air whooshing into the big bellows in the forge and the practice tap for range of hammer on anvil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “There was a hammering off in the background, carpenters and electricians working out of sight but all over the place.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The air would be filled with sawdust and the smell of freshly cut wood, and the sound of hammering and whistling, because Dad always whistled while he worked. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z All I can hear is the scrape of Hannah’s broom and the taps of Lena’s rubber hammer as she fastens the lids in place. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The rain was hammering down, almost deafening, and I found myself liking it. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z A tiny hammer, the one that always knocks on the back of my throat whenever I need to cry, knocking away! Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The shale, in particular, breaks into perfect building blocks with the tap of the hammer in the right place. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As Celia pounds the card table, the head of her hammer finally gives way and flies backward, tearing a hole the size of a fist in the movie screen. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a perfect hammer in all things except one: it was slightly too short in the handle, which meant that Thor had to swing it one-handed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes I thought I heard noises in the distance—the sound of the tractor running, the sound of hammering—but I could not be sure. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He turned away from her, picked up his hammer once more, and began to bang. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Thor reached down without glancing away, and his fingers closed around the haft of his hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z His palms felt rough, like he had been smashing bottle caps flat too, but without a hammer. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You think I can’t make a coffin for my girl? I can. I know my way around a saw and a hammer. Now get up or I’m gonna throw that cat down a well.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z As a child, when I looked at it, sometimes I imagined a tall doctor in a white coat banging on a sheet of metal with a hammer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I won’t go back to sleep, not with my heart hammering in my chest so much it hurts. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that revolvers of this particular model had a penchant for accidental discharge when bumped or dropped, so he loaded it with only five cartridges and kept the empty chamber under the hammer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “A little boulder jumped down a hill and broke my father’s leg. They set the leg and gave him cripples’ work, straightening used nails with a hammer on a rock. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He ripped away the tin, and a little girl flew at him with a hammer. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Huge colonial pieces made of blond oak and walnut arrived, along with heavy wool carpets, and lamps of hammered iron and copper. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He seized it off the wall behind him, ran, leapt, and they were off, the night wind hammering about their siren scream and their mighty metal thunder! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Hoffman joined in and both of them hammered at me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly terrified the revolver would go off, he lowered it slowly, keeping his finger on the hammer. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He straightened, limped over to Meryra and, taking the hammer from his hand, dropped it into its slot in the tool rack. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z His fist, like a hammer, connected with her back as she ran. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Running into battle, he could shout so loudly that men felt the cry like a hammer on their heads, and fell down dead of fright. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I run all the way back to my house, run so hard my heart tries to hammer its way out my chest, and a cramp in my side steals away my breath. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I fan through pages of kids holding up hammers and amateur birdhouses, or shovels and dirty carrots they just dug up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “You are not striking the metal true. Hold your elbow higher and bring the hammer down smartly. Then it will shape as you wish.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I lock the door and sit on my bed, my heart hammering. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My serving is about half that of the white man in front of me, my plate hammered tin instead of the stoneware. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z This was no easy job for Stuart, as he had to crouch down between the felt hammers so that he wouldn’t get hit on the head. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Then he takes the battery, two rectangles of sheet metal, some penny nails, and the instrument hammer from his box. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Just human hands and love and hammers and nails and more love. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z When he was ready, he took out another long nail and quickly hammered it through the lion’s tail. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It struck him like a hammer blow what must happen next. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It hammered at the coal silk, but not a drop got in. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z His own heart was hammering, and his lungs already felt tight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The tools looked clean and well-oiled, saws, hammers, pliers, axes, mallets, planes, drills, screwdrivers, a level. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Koffi's heart hammered in her chest as she spun around, eyes searching the grounds of the Night Zoo until she found who she was looking for. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I call to her, then toss her my hammer from my utility belt. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z South strode Éomer and men fled before his face, and they were caught between the hammer and the anvil. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z All with knives or hammers or screwdrivers, their faces lit up in rage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He picked up the hammer and measured its weight. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart's hammering in my chest, but she's cool as ice cream. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A wheelwright and his helper squat in their dark room hammering spokes into a hub. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Jennifer had found a tool kit with a hammer and a collection of mismatched nails and was ready to go. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “So, I really have to hit them with the hammer? It’s going to get shards all over the place.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I have Thor's hammer,” the ogre told Loki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Keller’s wearing a sharp suit, plus a tie with hammers on it. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Both arms were folded across his chest, and I couldn’t help but look around for his massive hammer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z No matter what the man played, a drowning sound warbled out from the piano’s strings and hammers. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He was everywhere at once, pushing, pulling, sawing, hammering, improvising, jollying everyone along with comradely exhortations and giving out from every fold of his body what seemed an inexhaustible supply of acrid-smelling sweat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He clung desperately, but she hammered him off with the hilt of her machete. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m dead, I thought when he got off his chopper and reached into one of the black leather saddlebags and pulled out a hammer and spike and swaggered in my direction. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On my left was a Thicket wall, and on my right there was a steep drop-off to where John Henry’s hammer awaited. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I took the next turn at the hammer, smacking the pipe over and over until a crack appeared. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z My heart is hammering so hard, I feel like it's going to shatter my chest. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z There was a hammer and a round kind of knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a terrific outcry from beyond the door, with hammering, hewing and cursing, as Lancelot turned to the Queen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart is hammering so hard I feel sick. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Somewhere, the sky she couldn’t see erupted with blasts and the long, frantic hammering of machine-gun fire. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But the forge was a very short distance off, and I went towards it under the sweet green limes, listening for the clink of Joe’s hammer. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Celia signals the opening of tonight’s case with four taps of her hammer, wobbly on its handle. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you find out who stole Thor’s hammer?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z In reality, the only thing that could be isolated in the rocky paragraphs was the insistent hammering on the word equinox, equinox, equinox, and the name of Alexander von Humboldt. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z His hammer is clenched in his hand like a weapon, his hard-angled face lit with tightly controlled fervor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The others he nailed into the grave’s damp red-clay walls while both of us lay on the grass, me holding a croker sack blanket and a long nail, him propped on his left elbow, hammering. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When he looked back at her, the pain was tamped down into something hammered and hard, locked behind his eyes. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z John Henry bellowed in pain, too, and his hammer crashed to the ground like a tree falling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Rain was pelting against the entrance and someone was hammering against the metal. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Busted out with a hammer, the lock hangs there like a dead metal animal. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A second later there was an explosive hammering on the other side as the guards fired at the door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The ground is littered with tools—wrenches, wire cutters in various sizes, hammers, and a few others that I don’t recognize. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The hammer lands over and over again, on his arms, shoulders, and knees, before the younger woman moves toward him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were only so many times we could browse hammers. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, you’ll see, my friend,” she said lightly, even though her heart was hammering in her chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Then start acung like it,” he hammered at me, pounding his fist in his palm. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "For me. Break die lock with your hammer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Oh my God, Mouse? He's the craziest of them all. He's always got a hammer or a jackrabbit or something stuck in his back pocket, and he refuses to wear a shirt." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The fetterling and I stopped to stare at the gloves I wore—the hammer symbol glowed an angry orange-red, and the air turned wavy above them, as though my fists were on fire. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I want to marry Freya. Bring her here in eight days from now. I’ll return the hammer of the gods as a bride-gift on Freya’s wedding night.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He raced down the stairs, but not before more hammering fairly shook the house. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried concentrating on the throbs, identifying them as waves, hammer strokes, razor edges or small explosions. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Crab hammered one fist into the other palm for emphasis. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I drew a swastika on her palm and the hammer and sickle on top of my hand, the Lithuanian flag shredded and falling in between. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z You won’t find half so much fault in me if you think of me in my forge dress, with my hammer in my hand, or even my pipe. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “This is for Aaron!” she shouted as her hammer caught him square across the shoulders. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The more sugar was planted, the more mills were built to grind it, the more docks were hammered into place to ship sugar, the more enslaved people were brought from Africa to work the plantations. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “In your stables,” Taran said, “I saw hammers and iron bars. Will you grant us the use of them? Or,” he added bitterly, “must we pay still another price?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He sandpapered every board, hammered every nail, leveled every edge. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Alyce left the barn and went next to the smithy, where the manor blacksmith and his apprentices were hammering lumps of iron into shoes for horses. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In her hand she holds a hammer, its wooden handle worn and splintered. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They carried steel bars, axes, knives, wooden stakes, and hammers— all the weapons used by the Khmer Rouge soldiers to kill their victims. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the hour was over, Don Luis insisted that I showed aptitude and suggested that in the future I should come at a different time because Papi’s hammering interfered with my timing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Large arms and hands like hammers clasped her from behind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Axel races across the room, flings open the basement door, all the while his stomach fills with woodpeckers all trying to hammer out of him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “My mom hit me in the head. She hit me in the head with a hammer.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Mini squeezed her eyes shut, ran forward, and hammered the blow-dryer on top of the asura’s hand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He didn't hear me at first because of the hammering and the roar of the flames. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Left and right, up and down, the hammer fell on fetterlings with the crash of metal on metal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When the hammering on the back door finally started up, we’d just finished dinner. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Touch the iron of my hammer then,” said Rengen, for he knew all demons feared two things, cold iron and clean fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Before he could ask questions, a bell rang inside: not a modern electronic sound, but the old-fashioned buzz of a hammer on metal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Fortunately, no one could hear how hard her heart was hammering against her ribs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then the stone was cut, chiseled, and hammered by the stone cutters so it would match the patterns or templates supplied by the master mason. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z Harry Strickland had always been a genial man, better at hammering out contracts than at hammering on foes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then, taking a handful of long nails from a bag that he had with him, he hammered a nail through the lion’s tail and into the floor. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z When the dust settled, the handlers winched back the containment wall inside the cage and began hammering the side panels with the flats of their hands. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z John Henry flinched and whirled around, hammer raised. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I hollered as I hammered my way down the steps. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She not only gives me a hammer and nails, she brings out some extra rope, too, in case I don’t have enough. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My heart hammering in my chest, I press my palm to the glass behind me and slide it to the left. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It was a bad day when three or four men were not standing around the forge, listening to Samuel’s hammer and his talk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “What I say,” said Thor, in a voice like thunder, “is that you should not have taken my hammer.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He hammered his index finger into the counter, like he was pounding a miniature gavel. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She spoke with a quiet fury, her anger reducing to a hard crust you’d need a hammer to chip away. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Middleton’s companion confessed to beating Lewis over the head with a hammer. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He looked at the bottom of a pamphlet and saw a black and white picture of a hammer and a curving knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Rooms are being constructed in the cellar, gradually and with a lot of hammering and sawing, in my father’s spare time: a darkroom, a storeroom for jars and jellies and jams. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then one night he appeared, kissed us hello, put on his work clothes, and began hammering on the walls. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He grabbed her wrist, and the hammer skittered across the cement. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Jonathan studied the gun, from its topmost ramrod to its shiny hammer lock to its bottom butt plate. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z There Call, his hands in heavy rubber gloves, would cull, using a culling hammer. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the following days, she was mostly silent, withdrawn, as they sat outside and watched the carpenter cutting, hammering, smoothing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They were hammering at it with fists and rocks, shrieking and yelling. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He let the hammer down, slowly and carefully. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We crouch tight and hard in the corner, breath panting, hearts hammering. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z As if a giant were swinging a sledgehammer, and that hammer were armed with five steel spikes... The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Gino kept hammering penalty shots into the upper left corner of the goal while a tall kid in a gray sweatshirt retrieved the ball and rolled it back. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He found a large rock he could use as an anvil base, and he pulled nails from his tool belt until he had enough to melt into a plate for a hammering surface. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The sun beat down as if trying to hammer the countryside into a Celestial bronze shield. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A hammer lies on an anvil, but the other tools hang neatly from pegs on the walls. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z After hammering out a pile of jagged iron fragments, I slipped while crawling out and threw back my left hand to catch myself. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The wind rushed into him, hammering at his chest and face. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The hammer fell and struck the percussion cap. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Jody looked back in time to see the hammer rise and fall again on the flat forehead. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind one stall an armorer displayed steel breastplates worked with gold and silver in ornate patterns, and helms hammered in the shapes of fanciful beasts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Crab waited until it seemed like Grandpop was done, then continued explaining what was what: the hammer, the barrel, the grip, the sight. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z One morning, a few weeks later, the chief warder, instead of handing us hammers for our work in the courtyard, gave us each needles and thread and a pile of worn prison jerseys. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't exactly Thor's hammer, but it was big and heavy and would leave a big dent in their faces if need be. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It’s a small rectangle of metal, and I have to hit it over and over again with a riveting hammer until it is completely covered with little round divots. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z A hammer handle stuck out of his pants pocket. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He leaped on the demon and struck him with his forge hammer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Despite my mom trying to hammer me flat in the car, I still had a pretty good buzz on, like the good doctor had promised. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They erect barriers and fences, hammer up giant gates. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He pulled back the hammer, and the sound struck the ship like thunder. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The large luminous naked back end of her stuck out as she crouched on her knees hammering the bank to the floor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He pursued every feeble tremor in the dying body with his mace, hammering at it until it was stilled. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see that again, I’ll smash it with a hammer. You sell that thing and give me the money.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For the first show, Dracula, Welles simulated the sound of a stake being driven through the vampire’s heart by cracking open a watermelon with a hammer. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She said that he once hammered a nail into an electrical socket and shorted out the entire house. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Then, keeping her other arm out of the way with his other elbow, he leaned forward, picked up the hammer, and struck the golden bell a light, smart tap. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z There was truth in his words, hard truth, a hammer striking stone. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We found life vests, two short-arm paddles, a plastic milk crate filled with rope, binoculars, a bent screwdriver, a wrench kit and a rusty hammer, and a long-dead muskrat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “They just hammer you and hammer you and hammer you,” said Oshiro. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We worked for so long with the sun beating down on our skin that my head started to hammer with pain, and it was a mercy when Arul finally said, “Enough. Let’s stop.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Even without Mr. Underhill present, everyone could practically hear the final nail being hammered into a coffin. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The clangor of machinery and hammer greeted Nya each time she returned from the pond—unfamiliar noises that mingled with the voices of men shouting and women singing. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He says, “Mason, think you can scare us up a couple of hammers?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z So why was my heart hammering my chest? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I slip into my sneakers as I approach the back kitchen door, stepping cautiously around wooden planks, hammers, nails, and one very scary-looking chain saw. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “I do laundering and mending. I’m even good with a hammer and nail.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His stunted legs began to cramp, and soon hurt so badly that he forgot the hammering in his head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It’s a single-action revolver. You got to pull the hammer back.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His pistol was loaded, but he checked to make sure, nervously thumbing the hammer back and in a few times. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I myself had found ancient stone tools, very crude and primitive, that had probably been used as hammers. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The hammer cracked the floor, peppering Piper’s back with stone shrapnel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Webs of cables fasten the tents to pegs hammered into the dirt. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z So I got my trusty hammer and screwdriver. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She hammered nails so hard that the wood was dented and bashed. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z As we entered the building, Raizel retrieved a hammer from the scatter of tools lying in the corner. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z That's what he always turned to when he wanted to get hammered. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z My eyes dare not blink as the soldier raises the hammer above his head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Smoke rose from the forges, and hammers rang as kids made their own weapons for Arts & Crafts. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Mark gripped the log in both hands, then hammered it backward in desperation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z |
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