beat the drum for

Example Sentences

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But Nee and her writers don’t beat the drum for gender equality, allowing Ridley’s exploits to make the point.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

Ms. Ellis beat the drum for the president on cable and wherever else she had a platform.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2020

“He beat the drum for the hometown and when other people said, ‘Oh, gosh, we’re dying, the kids aren’t staying,’ Jack never put that in the paper.

From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2018

The authors are Alice Waters-style classicists who beat the drum for organic ingredients and look to Europe for inspiration.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2012

But I had a younger brother who beat the drum for a whole week in an enlisting-office tent in Chicago.

From A Strange Discovery by Dake, Charles Romyn