Nail

To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.

I wonder if they don't have meetings anymore where strong words fly and everyone goes at each other tooth and nail.

We found a nail stuck in the tire.

Drive the nail into the board.

The nail went through the wall.

I caught my sweater on that nail.

I'm looking for a lipstick to go with this nail polish.

A nail penetrated the car tyre.

I tore my jacket on a nail.

The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.

When I'm nervous I bite my nails.

Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

He nailed the placard to the post.

He used the ax head for nailing.

The rivets of their arms were nail'd with gold.

I pray you now send me some dub, / A bottle or two to the needy. / I beg you won't bring it yourself, / The harman is at the Old-Bailey; / I'd rather you'd send it behalf, / For, if they twig you they'll nail you.

Military Intelligence seems to be on the spot in a quiet sort of way. I just met a G-2 slue-foot and he was a most efficient guy! They're keeping low, I think, until they nail their man.

Dammit, John, I'm tired of this 'Demolition Man' stuff! […] Now, I know you've been trying to nail this psycho for two years, but try remembering a little thing called official police procedure.

we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that charge;

I really nailed that test.

The chief executive and founder of Meta used his new Threads account to say Twitter had not “nailed” its opportunity to become a mega app and that his copycat version would be “focusing on kindness”.

Fly-half Ruaridh Jackson departed early with injury but Chris Paterson nailed a penalty from wide out left to give Scotland an early lead, and Jackson's replacement Dan Parks added three more points with a penalty which skimmed over the crossbar.

Allison Reynolds: I'm a nymphomaniac. […] The only person I told was my shrink. / Andrew Clark: And what did he do when you told him? / Allison Reynolds: He nailed me.

There’s a benefit gala at the Boston Pops tonight, and... well, I’m trying to nail the flautist.

That the Ordinance be not nayled, nor the munition fiered.