drumstick

Example Sentences

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Much like that final drumstick you probably shouldn’t have eaten, equities spent last week digesting their gains.

From Barron's • Dec. 7, 2025

The researchers found that in birds, the tibial joint surfaces have curved arcs, and the shortened fibula is able to roll within the bird's drumstick for about its length relative to the tibia.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

After that, Hernandez said, he snatched a drumstick out of her hands.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

When rapidly twirling it, and dragging the edges of a particular pan against a drumstick, he created a haunting, skittering effect — a restless signal of warning.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

He pointed the drumstick at me and went on.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway