drumbeat
noun
drum·beat
ˈdrəm-ˌbēt 
1
: a stroke on a drum or its sound
also
: a series of such strokes
2
: vociferous advocacy of a cause
3
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Examples of drumbeat in a Sentence
I could hear the drumbeat of a parade down the street.
a dizzying drumbeat of interviews in the hours following her winning of the Academy Award
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News coverage would alarm the public with a drumbeat of the horrors that would be unleashed by the first dollar of budget cuts.
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Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025
For the past year or longer, unhappy homeowners have paraded a steady drumbeat of complaints and lurid anecdotes at City Council meetings.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
And there are very few programmes, outside of soap operas and telenovelas, that provide that sort of steady drumbeat of content, entertainment and storytelling throughout the year.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Image Since the laws banning UNRWA were passed, the Israeli government has kept up a drumbeat of criticism of the agency and suggested that plenty of aid groups were prepared to replace it.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025
For the past year or longer, unhappy homeowners have paraded a steady drumbeat of complaints and lurid anecdotes at City Council meetings.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
And there are very few programmes, outside of soap operas and telenovelas, that provide that sort of steady drumbeat of content, entertainment and storytelling throughout the year.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Image Since the laws banning UNRWA were passed, the Israeli government has kept up a drumbeat of criticism of the agency and suggested that plenty of aid groups were prepared to replace it.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Drumbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drumbeat. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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drumbeat
noun
drum·beat
ˈdrəm-ˌbēt
: a stroke on a drum or its sound
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