mallet

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Recent Examples of mallet From butcher knives to mallets to plates, Eve and her assailant use just about everything but the kitchen sink against one another, including the kitchen cooler. Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025 The Penzance Musical, an exquisitely funny, meticulously concocted theatrical pavlova—the 1879 operetta The Pirates of Penzance by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan—has been whacked with a mallet. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025 Holiday, who has sported a cast on his right pinky since suffering a mallet finger injury in late February, scored 39 points over his last two outings, going 9-for-13 from 3-point range. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025 Spectators crowded the sidelines, cheering intensely for their team with each thwack of the croquet mallet. Tyrone Turner, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mallet
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Noun
  • To break this invisible paint’s hold, place a thin, flexible putty knife in the gap and lightly tap it with a hammer.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
  • If confronted with someone with a hammer, most people would give up their bags.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • And bringing down this sledgehammer at this moment was emphasized by all of the European allies who were at the meeting that Senator Graham and I attended in Europe.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 July 2025
  • The Supreme Court’s new test, with its implicit suggestion that coercion is found in exposure to materials that go against central tenets of parental religion, is more sledgehammer than scalpel.
    Stephen L. Carter, Twin Cities, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The beetle invasion was first detected during a routine library cleaning.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
  • Drugstore beetles are also called cigarette beetles.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The half ended with the Free Jacks once again putting the Sabercats under pressure, trying to force their way over the tryline through a rolling maul, and twice failing to score.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Minutes later, Hanover scored back-to-back tries with near identical mauls down the sideline.
    Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Wielding the gavel, the mayor tamped down any further discussion.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
  • Flanked by Republican legislators and members of his Cabinet, Trump signed the multitrillion-dollar legislation at a desk on the White House driveway, then banged down a gavel gifted to him by House Speaker Mike Johnson that was used during the bill's final passage Thursday.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • If consumed in excess, both cane and high-fructose corn syrup, like all sugars, can carry negative health effects including weight gain, diabetes and heart disease.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 18 July 2025
  • Countries ranging from South America to Europe and Asia more commonly use sucrose, derived from cane or beet sugar, in Coca-Cola.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025

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“Mallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mallet. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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