kettledrum

Example Sentences

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The movement began with loud kettledrums, and the crowd cheered wildly.

From New York Times

In Berlin, hundreds of workers took to the streets with kettledrums and trumpets to underline their demand for a bigger share of profits from a construction boom that has supported growth in Europe's largest economy.

From Reuters

She describes raucous afternoon teas called “kettledrums” during the Gilded Age, a peculiar and loud practice involving the clinking and exchange of spoons.

From Washington Post

Writing in the Bauhaus Journal, he said that each production required an “appropriate aural expression,” but added, “For the time being, such simple stimulators as the gong and the kettledrum are enough.”

From New York Times

One piece by Glass requires two sets of kettledrums, so the Cleveland Orchestra’s timpanist is joining the Louisiana Philharmonic’s.

From Seattle Times