drumbeat

Example Sentences

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In China, the drumbeat of nationalistic sentiment has intensified with time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 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

The war is a distant drumbeat, its threat ever audible to Steele’s underemployed, eminently draftable characters from 9,000 miles away.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

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

This was the thought I returned to a year or so later, when the drumbeat truly got loud, when the pressure on both of us felt immense.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama