Etymology
Origin of drumroll
Example Sentences
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Strategically, Mr. Musk made a point of plopping the deal down amid his building drumroll for a SpaceX IPO, expected in June.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Recent market volatility “is all sort of a drumroll to the Fed meeting,” says Ives, the Wedbush analyst.
From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2022
After a brief and boring retirement in the countryside, she planned to make her triumphant return to — drumroll, please — the stage!
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2021
It's a self-explanatory term for this popular dessert that you can make 365 days/year, but a fruit pie refers to any type of pie filled with drumroll please fruit!
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2021
We proceed behind her up a wide stone staircase, the clatter of our hard-soled shoes on the steps echoing like a drumroll.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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