drumbeat

Example Sentences

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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

Most critical for Wasserman and Providence was the announcement of a sale itself, since it helped slow the drumbeat of artists speaking out and agents threatening to leave.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Meanwhile, a drumbeat of defections have given the party a dose of that elusive political currency: momentum.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

And then something hit me on the ear, and I was on the ground and the drumbeat was rolling over me.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli