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How to use the word anvil in a Sentence?

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It was like an anvil on my head.

– Nathan Seastrand

Found on New York Times
9 months ago

Computer Trading terminal Server of SBI Securities again closed down and that means stock prices fall is on anvil. Blank screen is seen

– Lakshheish M Patel

added by laksheishmpatel_1
1 year ago

I would rather be the hammer than the anvil.

– Marshal rommel

added by kaelb.48823
3 years ago

The main thing keeping an anvil on Trump's head in terms of job approval all this four years has been women. President Donald Trump does fine among men, but women have never given President Donald Trump high marks, and I can not imagine President Donald Trump did anything tonight that any female viewer who was thinking about supporting President Donald Trump would have appreciated.

– Scott Jennings

Found on CNN
3 years ago

When I am at my anvil, it is exactly where I want to be.

– Marsha Trattner

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Both Cruz and Clinton have financial relationships with Goldman Sachs in common, and both of their top competitors -- Trump and Sanders -- are trying to brand their opponents as elite and establishment, goldman Sachs has become the anvil that both the Trump and Sanders campaigns want to smash Cruz and Clinton's reputations for independence upon.

– Bruce Haynes of Purple Strategies

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It’s this whole trust and credibility issue. It’s become an anvil in her campaign.

– National Journal

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.

– Charles R. Swindoll

added by anonymous
10 years ago

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear -- when you are the hammer, strike.

– Edwin Markham

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.

– Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The anvil fears no blows.

– Romanian Proverb

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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