over-hammering

Updated: July 27, 2026

The dangers to be guarded against in debate are wearying monotony, over-hammering too frequent, too hard, too uniform an emphasis too much, or too continued heat, too much speed, especially in speaking against time, a loss of poise in the bearing, a halting or jumbling in speech, nervous tenseness in action, an overcontentious or bumptious spirit.

Irvah Lester Winter - Public Speaking