Sentence examples for were hammering out from inspiring English sources

For now, though, the spotlight is on the United Nations, where she said diplomats were "hammering out" the language of a resolution.

Soon, both men's top aides were hammering out details of the cooperation in an eighth floor conference room in Mr. Garcia's office in Lower Manhattan.

Ms. Bouder and Ms. Lovette, both principal dancers at New York City Ballet, were hammering out a new solo for the Ashley Bouder Project, one of five companies taking part in this summer's Ballet Festival at the Joyce Theater.

While their colleagues in the Senate were hammering out an agreement to end the shutdown and avoid default, House Republicans were hammering on National Park Services Director Jonathan B. Jarvis for doing his job.

AS children, many of us embraced the comforting fiction (do not read too closely, Virginia) that as the holiday season approached, elves in their Arctic workshops were hammering out everything from baby dolls to toy airplanes.

As the first big cruise ship of the season sailed up the Inside Passage to Juneau, lawmakers in the Capitol were hammering out details of a bill intended to crack down on sewage dumping and other pollution by the ships.

The questions for Enron jurors were hammered out by the defense and the prosecution together.

The terms of the truce were hammered out with the former apartheid regime.

Those procedures were hammered out after 9/11, said Nancy Karen, the firm's chief information officer.

The terms of the deal were hammered out between Fidel Castro and his friend and political ally Venezuelan President Chávez.

These amendments were hammered out privately.