drumbeat

Example Sentences

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Even then, what she describes as the "drumbeat" of her compulsive behaviour didn't stop - she couldn't resist spending tens of thousands of pounds on an interior designer to decorate her new home.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

“We hear this drumbeat of affordability, I think it’s pretty consistent with what we’ve been hearing for the last few years,” Jacobson says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

Francie watched, loving the drumbeat rhythm of the cleavers.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith