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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This bit of climactic dialogue, hammered into plain yet insinuating and increasingly dangerous English by Herzog, is emblematic of this new production.
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
While traveling across Ukraine last summer with a nonprofit aid group, the sight of a small town in eastern Ukraine hammered into me the indiscriminate nature of Russia’s onslaught.
—TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
Weeks later, a group of Cubans brandished poles with nails hammered into them and tried to attack an approaching Coast Guard boat.
—Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
One piece by Thomas Macie is still there today: pennies hammered into warehouse shelving units as a Donald Judd-style permanent installation at Ikea.
—Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
The five suspects ran into Prestige Jewelers at about 12:40 p.m. last Saturday, slamming hammers into display cases to steal the jewelry, police said.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
For generations of New York runners, this paved stretch has been the city’s premier training and racing destination; countless quads have been hammered into shape on the anvil of its undulations.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 6 Mar. 2021
In short, ideology does work, but only when reduced to simple points hammered into people’s heads.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
Rural regions rule the doctor rankings: Alaska, Wyoming and Nebraska join the Dakotas in the top five states for physician pay, confounding the intuition hammered into our souls by more than a decade of covering economics.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
While traveling across Ukraine last summer with a nonprofit aid group, the sight of a small town in eastern Ukraine hammered into me the indiscriminate nature of Russia’s onslaught.
—TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
Weeks later, a group of Cubans brandished poles with nails hammered into them and tried to attack an approaching Coast Guard boat.
—Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
One piece by Thomas Macie is still there today: pennies hammered into warehouse shelving units as a Donald Judd-style permanent installation at Ikea.
—Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
The five suspects ran into Prestige Jewelers at about 12:40 p.m. last Saturday, slamming hammers into display cases to steal the jewelry, police said.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
For generations of New York runners, this paved stretch has been the city’s premier training and racing destination; countless quads have been hammered into shape on the anvil of its undulations.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 6 Mar. 2021
In short, ideology does work, but only when reduced to simple points hammered into people’s heads.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
Rural regions rule the doctor rankings: Alaska, Wyoming and Nebraska join the Dakotas in the top five states for physician pay, confounding the intuition hammered into our souls by more than a decade of covering economics.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
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“Hammer into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammer%20into. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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