Sentence examples for hammers out from inspiring English sources

"hammers out" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to resolve or work out a problem or disagreement through discussion and negotiation. Example: After hours of heated debate, the two sides finally hammers out a compromise that satisfied both parties.

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hammers out

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Third person singular of hammer out

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The cruiser hammers out over the small waves, and all of a sudden we're in a wide sea.

He hammers out knotty Schubert sonatas, she jigs in time to African chants while vacuuming; he makes an initial concession to her by listening to jazz.

The party could emerge as bridge-builders when the new assembly tries to agree on a president, prime minister and cabinet to run the country, while it hammers out a new constitution.

Any plan to shutter specific prisons is unlikely to be included in the budget Mr. Cuomo releases on Tuesday and will be left to negotiations with the Legislature as it hammers out a final budget over the next two months.

They drift from town to town, and scenes are interleaved with reportage-type images of bars and dog tracks, still life shots of America, while the soundtrack hammers out authentic blues.

Playing elder statesman of substance, his gentle mockery of style and image works when he hammers out his strong economic message – the danger of 1980s levels of unemployment and public service cuts under Cameron.

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The two hammered out a contract.

So far, though, he has not hammered out any contracts.

It was hammered out in secret in just ten days.

Lasn and White quickly hammered out a post-Zuccotti plan.

Their coaches hammer out goalies at an astonishing rate.

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