drumstick

Example Sentences

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Much like that final drumstick you probably shouldn’t have eaten, equities spent last week digesting their gains.

From Barron's • Dec. 7, 2025

"Under the meat of a drumstick, you'll find two bones -- the tibia, which is long and thick, and the fibula, which is much shorter and thinner," Manafzadeh explained.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

After that, Hernandez said, he snatched a drumstick out of her hands.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

When rapidly twirling it, and dragging the edges of a particular pan against a drumstick, he created a haunting, skittering effect — a restless signal of warning.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Though her palm had given the first tap, she would not rob me of the thunder of the first wicked drumstick drumroll.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez