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Definition of drumbeat
1 : a stroke on a drum or its sound; also : a series of such strokes
2 : vociferous advocacy of a cause
3 : drumfire 2
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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
Recent Examples of drumbeat from the Web
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Reports on violent crime in Kansas City often take on the sound of a familiar drumbeat: Homicides are rising, shootings are up.
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Steven Souza, OF, Rays Logan Morrison is finally owned in more than 50% of leagues, but the drumbeat goes on in Tampa for Souza.
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Tech workers had seen it in lawsuits filed against the ride-hailing service, candidates turning down jobs at the San Francisco company and those fleeing the firm amid a drumbeat of scandals and critical news articles.
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Tech workers had seen it in lawsuits filed against the ride-hailing service, candidates turning down jobs at the San Francisco company and those fleeing the firm amid a drumbeat of scandals and critical news articles.
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McMonagle, pounding the defense table, suggested to jurors that Cosby was the victim of a drumbeat of accusations by women who wanted to appear on television shows.
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It’s also been wowed by the constant drumbeat generated by Amazon for its Alexa assistant, coming to new speakers and other devices on an ongoing basis.
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Lewandowski, now an outside political consultant, has been exploring options for working more closely with an administration trying to escape a daily drumbeat of scandal.
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But there was an increasingly somber drumbeat within the orchestra, and throughout the music field.
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First Known Use of drumbeat
1817
DRUMBEAT Defined for English Language Learners
drumbeat
playDefinition of drumbeat for English Language Learners
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: the sound made by beating a drum
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