How to Use jackhammer in a Sentence

jackhammer

noun
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  • That drops the noise of an M4 down to about 130 decibels, or about that of a jackhammer.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2016
  • With each cycling of the levers, the block climbed about a foot and a half, amid jackhammer-like groaning from the ropes.
    — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The man is swatting a fly with a jackhammer, a sure sign of fear and panic.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The aural assault of jackhammers and cement trucks fades at the walls of the complex.
    — Fortune, 6 June 2018
  • And the volume can hit a jackhammer-loud 120 decibels or more.
    — Joyce Cohen, PEOPLE.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • How can some sleepers doze through anything from the rattle of a jackhammer to the blast of a jet engine?
    — Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2010
  • The 40-decibel drop is about the difference between the noise from a jackhammer and a hairdryer.
    — Wired, 26 Sep. 2019
  • That level falls right between a jackhammer and a jet plane.
    — Jason Gold Diehards, ajc, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The workers parked their truck, hoisted a jackhammer, a full gas can and shovels on their backs, and began to march up through the brush.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
  • In most cases, the bones are slowly freed from the rock using dental tools and air-scribes—a type of tiny jackhammer.
    — Hans-Dieter Sues, Smithsonian, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Tearing up the tile floor would have required a jackhammer.
    — Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2022
  • It’s like a rock concert, or a jackhammer, or the deck of a busy aircraft carrier.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2020
  • On cue, a pair of birds appeared, swooping through the air and alighting on dead trees to attack them like jackhammers.
    — Justin Gillis, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2017
  • Their tight seal is secure enough to dull the cacophonies of a jackhammer on the street or a chainsaw in the backyard.
    — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 3 Jan. 2020
  • The men wielded jackhammers, drilling holes so sticks of dynamite could be pressed into the rock.
    — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
  • So, a playful query: Since her hubby writes the songs, is Rutledge-Borger the, um, jackhammer?
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 6 May 2018
  • Work crews required jackhammers and power saws to slice the skeleton, encased in rock, from the riverbank.
    — National Geographic, 23 Nov. 2016
  • Work crews required jackhammers and power saws to slice the skeleton, encased in rock, from the riverbank.
    — National Geographic, 23 Nov. 2016
  • Work crews with jackhammer-like devices drive nails through the metal sheeting into the girder to hold them in place.
    — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Some used jackhammers and saws to cut through the concrete and rebar, but others used hand tools like hammers and chisels.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • If nothing short of a jackhammer to your headboard will get you up and going in the morning, consider these beans.
    — Popular Science, 17 June 2020
  • Even with a suppressor in place, an AR-15 rifle is roughly as loud as a jackhammer.
    — Alana Abramson, Time, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The cabin mutes jackhammers, the numb steering neutralizes rumble strips, the suspension floats over milled pavement, and the seats—my word, the seats.
    — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 16 June 2017
  • The cement trucks will roll up and spin their bellies, the jackhammers will rattle, and after a while the postcards of the new skyline will be available for purchase.
    — Polina Marinova, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The softer of the two still reaches an ear-jarring 117 decibels—louder than most jackhammers.
    — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 21 Oct. 2019
  • In an exclusive clip from the episode above, Henson decided to get her hands dirty and help Jonathan, 45, and Drew by picking up a jackhammer.
    — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
  • Jackhammers, strobe lights and sudden blackouts add to the play's provocative and shocking torture scenes.
    — Alexandra Larkin, CNN, 26 June 2017
  • Ibanez stepped up to the challenge to build eight-strings for the duo, heavily reinforced to handle the bowel-churning lows and jackhammer-like highs that are the band’s stock-in-trade.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 Sep. 2022
  • In the streams of south-central Myanmar lives a creature that could be easily mistaken for a sentient grain of rice—a grain of rice, that is, with a lot to say and a voice like a jackhammer.
    — Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Farther down the fence into a field, a jackhammer rattles as crews worked in the sweltering midday sun to dig up slanted and splintered and utility poles.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2024

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