hammer into
phrasal verb
hammered into; hammering into; hammers into
: to force (something) to be learned very well by (someone) by repeating it again and again
They are constantly trying to hammer good manners into their children.
She hammered it into me that I could succeed.
Examples of hammer into in a Sentence
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Engineers designed the dams, which are generally made of large logs hammered into the earth with branches and other material.
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Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
Small nuggets of gold had been hammered into round disks and sewn onto King Tut’s clothes to enable him to carry some of his wealth into the afterlife.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
His company's main product—pitons, the metal spikes climbers hammered into rock faces—was literally destroying the granite walls of Yosemite.
—Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Through the years, climbers began adopting devices like pitons that could be hammered into cracks and used to prevent lethal falls.
—Mary Beth Skylis, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
The blade is forged, which means it's made from a single piece of steel that has been heated and hammered into shape.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
Hang it from a pole, a branch, or on a sturdy nail hammered into a tree.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 16 May 2025
The first was a repoussé plate, or a relief that is hammered into a piece of metal, that depicted the Buddha, officials said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
By the 1960s, the Soviet government had hammered into existence a country that citizens under Lenin or Stalin would have thought impossible.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2020
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Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
Small nuggets of gold had been hammered into round disks and sewn onto King Tut’s clothes to enable him to carry some of his wealth into the afterlife.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
His company's main product—pitons, the metal spikes climbers hammered into rock faces—was literally destroying the granite walls of Yosemite.
—Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Through the years, climbers began adopting devices like pitons that could be hammered into cracks and used to prevent lethal falls.
—Mary Beth Skylis, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
The blade is forged, which means it's made from a single piece of steel that has been heated and hammered into shape.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
Hang it from a pole, a branch, or on a sturdy nail hammered into a tree.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 16 May 2025
The first was a repoussé plate, or a relief that is hammered into a piece of metal, that depicted the Buddha, officials said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
By the 1960s, the Soviet government had hammered into existence a country that citizens under Lenin or Stalin would have thought impossible.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2020
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“Hammer into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammer%20into. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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