- present participle of drum.
drumming
Example Sentences
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The father-of-four is constantly ferrying the kids - aged between seven and 13 - to endless activities including taekwondo, swimming and drumming, as well helping them figure out their homework.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
"Freedom Suite," led by Rollins' confident sax and also notable for Max Roach's drumming, proved controversial enough that a reissue chose another title for the album.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Kpler’s maps have since blanketed television news broadcasts, social-media feeds and traders’ terminals, turning obscure ships into objects of global fascination and drumming up enormous business for the cottage industry that tracks them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
The impulse to dismiss all this as a detector company drumming up business runs into an issue—Pangram actually works way better than you might think.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
“They’re drumming up a crew for another privateer!”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
