drums up

present tense third-person singular of drum up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of drums up As Walmart’s online business drums up more revenue from home deliveries, advertising and commissions from sellers on its third-party marketplace, e-commerce has become a profitable business. Melissa Repko, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drums up
Verb
  • No one wants to give up on Erica, especially Uhura, who devises a plan to send another shuttle through the wormhole to rescue Erica.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Mary’s enterprising sister Edith (Laura Carmichael) devises a plan to invite Coward, in whose show their friend Guy Dexter (Dominic West), now secretly in a relationship with their former servant Thomas (Robert James-Collier), is appearing.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With a thoughtful use of color, Wezel constructs a visual world that feels both alienating and intensely sensorial, like a vivid dream uncomfortably close to reality.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The film explores the beauty and burdens of being an eldest daughter and constructs an escapist world where Black girls get to simply be kids.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Once concentration becomes too high, the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and developers invents a new approach to reverse it.
    Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Well, after his sleep is disrupted by a cat scratching outside his apartment, Charlie invents the perfect solution.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Davis also explains that her appreciation for the Loungefly designs derives from her childhood, sharing that her father is an artist and set designer, and her mother was an interior designer.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The company designs, develops and lightweight structures and propulsion systems.
    Bill Koenig, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

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

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