drumbeat
noun
drum·beat
ˈdrəm-ˌbēt 
1
: a stroke on a drum or its sound
also
: a series of such strokes
2
: vociferous advocacy of a cause
3
Examples of drumbeat in a Sentence
I could hear the drumbeat of a parade down the street.
a dizzying drumbeat of interviews in the hours following her winning of the Academy Award
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Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
From the Miami Surfside condo collapse to the destructive fires in Maui and Los Angeles and countless floods and tornadoes, these days the steady drumbeat of disasters has been relentless, Hymel said.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 July 2025
The band would continue to perform regularly to a packed house, a steady drumbeat for Haiti’s recovery.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2025
Crunch-time, clutch minutes, that revealing drumbeat of late-game tension that tends to tell us something about people.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for drumbeat
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“Drumbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drumbeat. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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drumbeat
noun
drum·beat
ˈdrəm-ˌbēt
: a stroke on a drum or its sound
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