drum up

Example Sentences

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Neugebauer and his allies wouldn’t need to drum up much support to force a meeting.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The remodeling company continues to operate, but pulls in much less revenue without Alberto to drum up business and supervise jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Millions and millions of dollars are poured into the sprawling motion picture economy of Los Angeles to drum up support for the year’s Academy Award nominees.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Rodríguez also travelled to China, Vietnam and Spain trying to drum up support.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

The company’s marketing manager, Rajesh Rao, told me that he had just made a cold call to the VP for engineering of a U.S. company, trying to drum up business.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman