Examples of mallet in a Sentence
Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
Prosecutors must contend with questions about the state of his prop gun, which was damaged during testing at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Va., in 2022 when it was struck by a rawhide mallet, according to testimony from FBI forensic examiner Bryce Ziegler.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Using the small mallet included, your special someone will have a blast breaking open four chocolate hearts to reveal the candies inside.
—ABC News, 6 Feb. 2024
During a business meeting in Luxembourg, a masked man with a rubber mallet attacked Glock in a garage.
—Jay Caruso, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
Instant chocolate pudding 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips, semisweet or milk
Directions
Crush cookies for crust:
Add 36 chocolate cookies to a large zip-top plastic bag and crush, using a rolling pin or meat mallet, until fine crumbs form.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2023
Upon arriving at the scene, Haitian investigators found plastic handcuffs, mallets, hoods and 399 cartridges of mostly 5.56 and 7.62 MM bullets.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
Enlarge / Wooden mallet and esparto sandals from Cueva de los Murciélagos in Spain dated to the Neolithic period, 6,200 years ago.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2023
In the 1930s their son, Robert, joined the family business and helped establish its iconography — including the restaurant and hotel’s famous roadside billboards depicting cartoon chefs (Hap-Pea and Pea-Wee) splitting peas with a mallet and chisel.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'mallet.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Word History
Dictionary Entries Near mallet
Cite this Entry
“Mallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mallet. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
Copy Citation
Kids Definition
mallet
noun
More from Merriam-Webster on mallet
Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for mallet
Nglish: Translation of mallet for Spanish Speakers
Britannica English: Translation of mallet for Arabic Speakers
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about mallet
Share