snare drums
- plural of snare drum.
Example Sentences
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A couple of snare-drums were rattling somewhere among the tents, and the shrill notes of a light infantry bugle sounded.
From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Morford, Henry
The motor answered this manipulation with an instantaneous change of tune; the staccato drumming of the slow speed merged into a long, incessant rumble like the roll of a dozen muffled snare-drums.
From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph
Tommy's soldiers march to battle, Trumpets flare and snare-drums rattle.
From Men, Women and Ghosts by Lowell, Amy
The fifes and the snare-drums promptly obeyed, but the big bass drum was silent.
From War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 by Hitchcock, Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman)
There is one interlude of "Petruchka" that is written for snare-drums alone.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
