beat the drum for

Example Sentences

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But Nee and her writers don’t beat the drum for gender equality, allowing Ridley’s exploits to make the point.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

“It doesn’t do any good to come down here and beat the drum for Alaska issues. That’s what everybody expects,” Rep. Young told the News-Miner in March 1973.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2017

The authors are Alice Waters-style classicists who beat the drum for organic ingredients and look to Europe for inspiration.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2012

In Ward’s telling, Gregory culled able staff members, blocked successors to Fuld and promoted his own favorites as he beat the drum for greater risk-taking.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2010

But I had a younger brother who beat the drum for a whole week in an enlisting-office tent in Chicago.

From A Strange Discovery by Dake, Charles Romyn