drumbeat
[druhm-beet]
- the rhythmic sound of a drum.
Origin of drumbeat
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Contemporary Examples
The drumbeat and synth bass are as insistent as they are ominous.
But in recent years we have seen few Arabs or Muslims become active in the GOP because of the drumbeat of anti-Muslim bigotry.
The drumbeat of anticipation keeps growing louder in the reports and photos streaming from Amphipolis.
I will say that the drumbeat of airstrikes against a Middle Eastern country feels substantially different when you live next door.
“This is a drumbeat,” party strategist John Feehery told me the morning of the vote.
Historical Examples
They heard, far away, the drumbeat of the advancing British.
Daughters of the Revolution and Their TimesCharles Carleton Coffin
At the first sound of the drumbeat, the people knew what it meant.
The Later Cave-MenKatharine Elizabeth Dopp
There was no drumbeat; the officers gave their commands almost in whispers.
The Story of American HistoryAlbert F. Blaisdell
His voice was baritone, resonant and sweet, a power stirring in it like a drumbeat felt in the marrow.
Wilderness of SpringEdgar Pangborn
In earliest times the people were called to meeting by drumbeat or by the blowing of a horn.
The Story of American HistoryAlbert F. Blaisdell
drumbeat
- the sound made by beating a drum
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