drumbeat

Example Sentences

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Firms large and small are shedding jobs, and there is a steady drumbeat of redundancy announcements in sectors ranging from automotive to factory equipment makers.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 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

Foreign central-bank buying — along with a drumbeat of calls for lower U.S. interest rates and the potential long-term debasement of the dollar — is “very hard to stop.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 22, 2026

Without a steady drumbeat of Wall Street adoption, crypto prices risk entering a prolonged period of stagnation, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The drumbeat of the rotors became a loud, high-pitched whine as the chopper circled lower.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen