sledgehammers
- plural of sledgehammer.
- present tense form of sledgehammer (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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"The effort it took me to get her out of there with my bare hands, with sledgehammers, with pickaxes... you can't even begin to imagine," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
They are often are slinging sledgehammers and crowbars “in a sauna-like environment,” said Fabian Plascencia, of the Northern District Council of Laborers Local 67.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
“The architecture must speak,” Dochantschi said, above the noise of sledgehammers and buzzsaws, which are transforming the derelict space into a flexible showroom for the multicultural artists of Alexander Gray Associates.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2023
A group of men using sledgehammers and other tools found the bodies of a man and a young girl who were trapped.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2023
Their cook heats oatmeal and bacon in the hotel kitchen while the other seven take apart walls on the fourth floor with sledgehammers.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
