Example Sentences

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Drumming up enough U.S. consumer interest in food made from waste will require a pitch that goes beyond the increasingly futile message "this is better for the planet."

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2024

Drumming and brass bands have been part of the colourful cultural display at an otherwise solemn event.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023

Drumming up financing and interest was unexpectedly hard.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2021

Drumming soon took a back seat to photography, and one day he snapped a picture of a well-dressed man sleeping on an airport bench.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2019

Drumming the fingers of his left hand on the counter, he mumbled to himself, “A half bushel.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls