drumfire
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of drumfire
Example Sentences
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He threw out a drumfire of 8s and 9s and 10s, and by the 15th still held a comfortable eight-shot lead.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 16, 2020
Williams, for her part, has been more or less unrivalled since the late summer of 2008, when she defeated her sister Venus in a riveting, drumfire quarter-final match at the U.S.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
The overture, "Assault and Battery", establishes a theme: Chadwick's drumfire, a cannonade that propels and impels the music throughout.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2013
And in the wake of his confrontation with his school board, he has found himself under a drumfire of criticism by other inner-city principals who take issue with his hardhanded style.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cheers which now began, round after round, were like drumfire or thunder, rolling round the turrets of Carlisle.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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