How to Use drum in a Sentence

drum

1 of 2 noun

• The drum from the Earth’s core.
  — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
• Sit down in my drums and play along to a record.
  — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
• Then, at night, his wife woke up to the sound of drums.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
• Adam Betts on the drums is renowned over here.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
• Pick up a brush and paint to the rhythm of your own drum.
  — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
• Moon on the drums in the middle.
  — Kate Hogan, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Is that rhythm a sequence or a drum?
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
• The very first beat of the drum part brings you to a new world.
  — Ahmir “questlove” Thompson, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
• Far away, the drums of battle sound.
  — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
• The drums sound just so perfect on it.
  — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026
• The drum sound is very dry, very upfront.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
• The truck was loaded with five drums of crude oil.
  — Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
• Tommy did a great job on the drums, don’t get me wrong.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
• The clothes need to be able to move around freely in the washer drum.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026
• Both teach the drum as a voice, not just a beat in the background.
  — Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
• The bank had been beating the drum against work from home for a while.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2023
• One is a cake drum or platter of some sort to keep the cake in place.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
• Inside this layer are a ring of drums.
  — David Szondy september 10, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
• The drum bearings are prone to failure as well.
  — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 12 May 2026
• But a few years ago, Jack Berry threw him on the drums.
  — Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
• The drum appeared to be found on the lagoon side of the beach.
  — Kcal-News Staff, CBS News, 31 July 2023
• Sean’s been banging the drum on this issue for a while now.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
• The 14ers banged drums and danced like no one was watching.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
• Then suddenly, drums and flags fill the air.
  — Theo Lloyd-Hughes, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
• After a minute or so, the drums picked up and the chants returned.
  — Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
• There is still an organ, but there is a set of drums on the altar.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
• Others banged on pots and pans and drums, blew whistles and honked car horns.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2026
• The drums of war are pounding on the doorstep of Gaza City.
  — Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
• Ade stood over his bride, deeply concerned, when a lively drum roll pierced the air.
  — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
• So Gadson taught himself how to play the drums.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026

drum

2 of 2 verb

• She drummed while he played the guitar.
• He was nervously drumming a pencil on the desk.
• Her fingers drummed nervously on the table.
• These cues told the robot which drums to strike and when.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
• Chris heard drumming and thought the band had returned.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
• Harabeoji drummed his fingers on his knees.
  — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
• Yeah, there was a moment in time where she was supposed to drum in the scene.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 June 2022
• Rain drummed against the bus windshield on the drive to Michigan.
  — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026
• Han starts drumming on the table with his empty cup.
  — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
• Along the coast of western Australia, the waves drummed a steady beat.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
• And drum roll…find seasonal deals all at 40% off.
  — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2025
• And drumming — so much drumming.
  — Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 15 June 2026
• Now take your other hand and drum your fingers against the palm of your hand and go very, very fast.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2023
• Everyone rushed to drum on his twisted knees as his legs eased back to normal.
  — Hazlitt, 25 Jan. 2023
• Chang knows math formulas, but drumming?
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
• Think yoga, life drawing, and drumming.
  — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2025
• The entertainment is eclectic and ranges from rock bands and belly dancers to drum lines and choirs.
  — Molly Hanson, Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2022
• The boy drummed his empty canister, producing booms and gulps like a tabla.
  — James Stewart, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2023
• Woodpeckers will also drum on your home and gutters to attract mates.
  — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
• How Lars Ulrich still drums like that at 59 is anybody’s guess.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
• Your fists punctuate the air, your fingers drum on the steering wheel, your hips rock back and forth, for each of those ten beats.
  — Caryn Rose, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2021
• In Genoa, a school started to offer a course in drumming for people over sixty.
  — Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
• On these big trees, the apes also seemed drawn to thinner buttresses, with a larger surface to drum on.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2022
• Rain should drum down in the afternoon and evening, with rainfall overall expected at around half an inch.
  — oregonlive, 25 Dec. 2020
• Ted slumped on to the sofa, his long legs bent, his feet in brothel creepers, his fingers drumming on the bones of his knees.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
• In a rare rock swap, Freese then returned to his old seat drumming for NIN.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
• Schellekens shrieks—set to a hurricane of layered guitars and unhinged drumming.
  — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
• Arnold handled drumming duties as well as singing in the early incarnation of the post-grunge band.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
• His father is a drummer, Gammon explained, and Finn likes to drum just like his daddy.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2022
• The chart-topping vocal star has not been able to drum for years because of debilitating health issues.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023