Example Sentences

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Green Day has been drumming up attention with a string of viral moments ahead of the release of the trio’s album “Saviors,” which drops Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

He alleges she has been drumming up charges, and faking a coronavirus-positive result, just to collect the extra $600 a week in unemployment, back when it was still available.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2020

Nandi has been drumming for years, even though she’s only 9.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2019

So far, the wind industry has been drumming up support in the Carolinas by arguing that building wind farms will create jobs.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2015

Then suddenly the thought of making a smoke came to me and then I improved on that idea and used the Morse code that Rob has been drumming into me.

From The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol by Goldfrap, John Henry