hammer lock
- a variation of hammerlock.
Example Sentences
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The defense had the Chiefs in a hammer lock, limiting them to 190 yards in the air and a mere 49 on the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2025
Now 36, a ruthless graduate of the French-modeled gendarmerie, Serraj had a hammer lock hold on the country through control of its 15,000-man police force and an army of informers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Baudouin has shown no sign of wishing to break out of this constitutional hammer lock, or of wanting to grow bigger than a Premier.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boeing plans to keep its hammer lock on world commercial aviation with an offering of two new fuel-efficient and quieter aircraft for the 1980s.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jonathan studied the gun, from its topmost ramrod to its shiny hammer lock to its bottom butt plate.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
