hammer throw
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Rudy Winkler set an American record in the hammer throw with a hurl of 272 feet, 10 inches.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2025
In the first 10 world championships to feature women’s hammer throw — from 1999 to 2017 — an American had never medaled.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023
Other titles being decided Sunday were in women’s long jump, the men’s 10,000 meters, the heptathlon and men’s hammer throw.
From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2023
Boumkwo regularly competes in track and field’s strength events — the shot-put, hammer throw and discus — but on Saturday at the European Team Championships in Krakow, Poland, Belgium needed a hurdler.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023
Say, Irish," he burst out in an odd breathless way—Fatty's fits were a joke in the office and startling to newcomers—"good hammer throw, that.
From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
