drummed
Example Sentences
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"Love Story" drummed up controversy -- and viewers -- with its revisiting of the A-list couple's courtship and untimely deaths, but it only earned six nominations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
You can be drummed out of the group stage, or lose on penalties in the final.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
"I have impartiality through my bones," he told the committee, saying it was "drummed" into him when he joined the BBC in 1991.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
Builders have also amped up marketing and drummed up discounts to make newly built homes more attractive.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
All that week and the next and the next and the next, I drummed up and down, up and down, up and down the yard.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
