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
The Home Ministry, notorious for its "thought control" hammer lock on the Japanese, had been dissolved; a Labor Ministry had been inaugurated; a new criminal code and a new police system had been established.
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
Ever since Fred Allen joined Benny, Bergen, McGee & Hope, no rival network has been able to break NBC's hammer lock on humor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
