Hammering

Examples

• Painting, chopping wood, hammering, plowing, washing, scrubbing, sewing, are all forms of work. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• They smelted iron by blowing up a charcoal fire, and wrought it by heating and hammering. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Old Man, the father and master of the group, would perhaps be engaged in hammering flints beside the fire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was hammering now again and his ears were deafened by the muzzle blast. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Sophia was hammering at a little country dance on the pianoforte. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Nothing was said in answer, but she heard a low hammering sound in his bedroom. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• This punching of the cold metal without cutting, boring, drilling, hammering, or otherwise shaping the metal, was indeed a revelation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Then weld the same as a piece of iron, hammering it very quickly with light blows. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The old way of hammering by hand was first succeeded by powerful stamp hammers worked by steam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It's easier than bellowsing and hammering. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It was Birkin sawing and hammering away. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• There were low rambling buildings of concrete barred with heavy impassable doors, and no amount of hammering and hallooing brought any response. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• She bruised her hands with hammering, and got cold working in a draft, which last affliction filled her with apprehensions for the morrow. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• This smelting was then followed by hammering to further separate the slag, and probably after a reheating to increase the malleability. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It were a'most the only hammering he did, indeed, 'xcepting at myself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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