hammer
noun
a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
am hammering
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present progressiveof hammer (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He also tweeted, “I am hammering people to get to Claire”—Senator Claire McCaskill—“to get to WH”—White House—̶to get to Nixon.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 28, 2014
While I am hammering on the anvil, you sleep on the mat, and when I begin to eat after my toil, you wake up and wag your tail for food.
From Aesop's Fables A New Revised Version From Original Sources by Harrison Weir
I am hammering at your heart in each of your pulse beats.
From The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play by John Rae
Never fear, love," replied Gianbattista confidently; "what else should I think of while I am hammering away all day?
From Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
There is much ignorance to be removed, much suspicion, much misunderstanding of me as a foreigner, and I am hammering away as hard as I can.
From James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports by James Gilmour
