hammering on

Frequency: 6.99.5 per million words

Indicates the surface being hammered, often a door or wall.

hammeringhammering + PREPOSITION

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on

Examples (10)

  • There was a loud hammering on the door in the middle of the night.
  • She could hear frantic hammering on the wooden gate.
  • The constant hammering on the wall from next door was driving him crazy.
  • He woke up to the sound of hammering on his bedroom window.
  • The police started hammering on the door, demanding to be let in.
  • I heard a persistent hammering on the front door at dawn.
  • The angry mob kept hammering on the gates of the building.
  • There's been someone hammering on the roof all morning.
  • The hammering on the metal door echoed through the hallway.
  • After hearing the desperate hammering on the door, she finally opened it.