drumming up

present participle of drum up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of drumming up Meanwhile, as China faces its own challenges at home, where the ruling Communist Party is grappling with a slowing economy and persistent unemployment, some observers wonder whether drumming up nationalism as a distraction strategy could push China into an even more aggressive stance. Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025 The goal is drumming up buzz for the world premiere of her feminist crime thriller Nika & Madison on Sunday night. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025 To protest it, a contingent of more than fifty Democrats in the Texas House had fled the state, delaying the vote and drumming up national interest. Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025 The Times says Boulous began drumming up deals soon after proposing to Trump in the White House Rose Garden back in January 2021. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drumming up
Verb
  • In devising the schedules, the conference office aimed for competitive balance, taking into account each team’s records from 2021-24 and using them to strategically place matchups.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, the Justice Department is devising its own means to target anyone who opposes the President’s immigration policies.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Orbán has long sought to consolidate his power through concocting scapegoats for Hungary’s ills.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Not only is the kitchen fully on display but a separate alcove is given over to his highly technical lab, a play space dedicated to fermentation, aging, preserving and otherwise concocting.
    Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Contractors spent approximately $300,000 in federal funds constructing wheelchair ramps, widening hallways, lowering door handles and tearing out lower kitchen cabinets so people with wheelchairs could navigate with ease.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Optimizing these curves—constructing them in a way that maximizes the shape’s area—yields Gerver’s sofa.
    Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Creative and imaginative, Wesley is a natural builder who loves working with Legos, crafting intricate origami art, and even inventing his own games.
    MARE Staff, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Finding a new cinematic language meant finding new cinematic tools, and Kelly credits collaborators like key grip Rudy Covarrubias and lens technician Dan Sasaki with inventing ingenious solutions to the movie’s myriad technical challenges.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Drumming up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drumming%20up. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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