drumming

Example Sentences

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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

Traditional music and drumming also provided an accompaniment to the activities.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Hundreds of protesters stood outside in subzero temperatures and made as much noise as possible—banging pots, blowing whistles, drumming on buckets, blowing trombones and trumpets.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

As a 15-year-old in algebra class, he wrote the song “Kryptonite,” drumming out the beat on his desk.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

The drumming had stopped, and my old anger and resentment had returned.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia