Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel 5, chipping away at one of the headstones.(正當兩人害怕得渾身顫抖時，他們看到是個老頭拿著鐵錘和鑿子，在一塊墓石上鑿著什么。)

Scenario: The hot new application you have deployed on GlassFish is expected to garner multitude of users who are going to hammer away at your application.(場景：當希望你在GlassFish上所部署的應用能夠留住大量的用戶，并經得起他們的考驗。你打算從哪開始優化你的應用程序的性能？)

If you hammer away at finishing these letters, you can just get them ready in time for the post.(要是你加緊把這些信寫完，你就正好能及時把它們寄出去。)

That lesson is not easy, but hammer away at it and you will get it right.(那課書不容易，但只要你堅持學，你是會學好的。)

We shall hammer away at this problem till we get a solution.(我們將努力研究這個問題，直到找出一個解決辦法。)

Millions were spent to hammer away at the sales resistance of voters.(花費數百萬元以消除選民的反感。)

Each of you hires a lawyer and lets them hammer away at each other on your nickel.(每個人聘請一名律師，讓他們幫你們打點財務。)

He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.(他用錘子和鑿子將墻壁一點點鑿掉。)

He was chipping away at the rock with a hammer.(他在用鐵錘把那塊巖石一小塊一小塊地敲下來。)