drumbeat

Example Sentences

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Markets are about to be left without the steady drumbeat of earnings.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Even then, what she describes as the "drumbeat" of her compulsive behaviour didn't stop - she couldn't resist spending tens of thousands of pounds on an interior designer to decorate her new home.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

“We hear this drumbeat of affordability, I think it’s pretty consistent with what we’ve been hearing for the last few years,” Jacobson says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

By this point in his life, Beethoven has had it with weapons, the drumbeat of soldiers, the addictive emotion of trumpet calls to action.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Jason stares at me, touching an empty pocket in his book, his finger tapping a soft drumbeat.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord