drumbeat

Example Sentences

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Firms large and small are shedding jobs, and there is a steady drumbeat of redundancy announcements in sectors ranging from automotive to factory equipment makers.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

By this point in his life, Beethoven has had it with weapons, the drumbeat of soldiers, the addictive emotion of trumpet calls to action.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Foreign central-bank buying — along with a drumbeat of calls for lower U.S. interest rates and the potential long-term debasement of the dollar — is “very hard to stop.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 22, 2026

Inside, the drumbeat of disclosures about Ruemmler’s ties to Epstein triggered internal and external reviews at Goldman, the Journal reported last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

He had a repetitive drumbeat in his head: you are going to die here.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge