were drumming

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of drum.
  drum

  noun

  a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.

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were drumming

The dancers had spread themselves around the auditorium and were drumming the floor and walls, working up a storm in surround sound.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2023

On Saturday, Scholz and Baerbock were drumming up support in Potsdam, the riverside capital of the German state of Brandenburg, just 16 miles southeast of Berlin, where both candidates are running for the seat.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2021

By the end of July, they were drumming up support for a ballot measure that would allow New Hampshire to secede from the United States.

From The Verge ● Aug. 2, 2021

On Monday, Ms. Trump and Mr. Mnuchin were drumming up support for the bill at a business roundtable in Newport Beach, California.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2017

For the next two years or so Mompesson’s house was haunted by a poltergeist.2 There were drumming noises but also strange levitations of objects and alarming noises.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Related Words

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