tom

Example Sentences

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You know John Bonham’s tom fills when you hear them, just as you can immediately recognize the sound of Ringo Starr’s hi-hats.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

It also shines in fish stews and soups of all kinds, from cacciucco to tom kha gai to cioppino or caldeirada.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

During concerts, Carlos Niño may set up a bass drum and a floor tom, but his percussion is far from conventional.

From New York Times • May 13, 2024

The white and ginger tom cat, known as Twix, escaped from his carrier on a train traveling between Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg on Jan. 11.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2024

She had also found time to wash and mend my workaday clothing, and patch my tom shoe.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood