How do you use Hammered in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Hammered meaning
- Having been hit with a hammer or hammer-like object.
- very drunk; inebriated.
Using Hammered
- The main meaning on this page is: Having been hit with a hammer or hammer-like object. | very drunk; inebriated.
- In the example corpus, hammered often appears in combinations such as: hammered out, hammered by, hammered the.
Context around Hammered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hammered
- In this selection, "hammered" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, getting, thomas, tirelessly, home, dulcimer and last stand out and add context to how "hammered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are getting hammered by the and been getting hammered even though. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hammered" sits close to words such as actresses, albanese and apocalypse, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hammered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All points that Mr. Eustáquio has tirelessly hammered home for years. (11 words)
Carr has hammered out 22 gigs in the last few weeks. (11 words)
Avesh Khan gets hammered down long off for four off the first delivery. (13 words)
AO World slumped to a £12 million loss in its first half, with shares hammered last year following a series of profit warnings as the cost crisis hit consumer spending on white goods, and due to labour shortages and supply chain disruption. (42 words)
Congressquack Lauren Boebert once again made a mockery of herself, this time foolishly snapping at a witness with ignorant assumptions during a hearing today only to be hammered more than once with facts. (33 words)
As usual, the Premier League is making fools of those who lazily presumed that just because hammered Manchester United 7-0 last season, they would do the same again this time. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
This paragraph is directly from citation Around the world main Tuning of a hammered dulcimer (southeastern Slovenia) Versions of the hammered dulcimer are used throughout the world.
About 6 p.m. and east of Denver, the I-70 corridor was hammered with hail that piled up deep in some areas, and flash flooding ensued.
After taking the first pitch, Thomas hammered a curveball to left for his 26th home run and second career grand slam to put Washington up 8-1.
All points that Mr. Eustáquio has tirelessly hammered home for years.
And the brand's Netflix special, particularly Sex, Love & Goop have particularly hammered home the fact that sexual wellness is one of the brand's pillars.
AO World slumped to a £12 million loss in its first half, with shares hammered last year following a series of profit warnings as the cost crisis hit consumer spending on white goods, and due to labour shortages and supply chain disruption.
As usual, the Premier League is making fools of those who lazily presumed that just because hammered Manchester United 7-0 last season, they would do the same again this time.
At times, the tin container may be ‘hammered’ or ‘hemmed-in’ in a bid to reduce ‘loading space’ (volume) and a price fixed for the content.
Avesh Khan gets hammered down long off for four off the first delivery.
Carlton Morris hammered home from distance to give Luton the lead on seven minutes before Elijah Adebayo thumped in a header on 10 minutes.
Carr has hammered out 22 gigs in the last few weeks.
Chalfen said “a number of other topics” will also be addressed at the hearing but didn’t say what they were as they were still being hammered out.
Congressquack Lauren Boebert once again made a mockery of herself, this time foolishly snapping at a witness with ignorant assumptions during a hearing today only to be hammered more than once with facts.
Democrats believe they are getting hammered by the lack of White House pushback against McCarthy, who has been a near-constant presence on TV making the GOP’s argument.
EV stocks have been getting hammered, even though consumers are increasingly looking up the EV tax credit for 2023.
Fenn started it off with an RBI single and freshman outfielder hammered a solo homer to make it a 3-2 game in the second.
He hammered a hundred of unalloyed joie de vivre to seize the moment.
High Covid infection levels hammered demand for high-end goods in China at the end of last year.
If the puck wasn’t in the Rangers’ zone, it was getting picked off in the neutral zone and hammered back into their zone.
If you remember, they got relegated and he sat on the park and the chief executive hammered him after it.
Common combinations with hammered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hammered out 27×
- hammered by 22×
- hammered the 20×
- been hammered 16×
- being hammered 13×
- was hammered 12×
- hammered home 11×
- be hammered 8×
- hammered with 6×
- getting hammered 6×