drumbeats

plural of drumbeat

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of drumbeats Despite their drumbeats and piercing loud songs, Inter Miami got off to a miserable start on Sunday in a wild final game before the World Cup break. — Miami Herald, 25 May 2026 With more than enough work to go around, broadcast and cable networks were bathed in green light and the introduction of original series on streaming services was considered an exciting novelty, rather than the first ominous drumbeats of industry-disrupting dominance. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 Dancing to the rhythmic drumbeats is a memorable end to a great day of exploring and a fitting reminder that this place is more than a geological wonder. — Kelsey Olsen, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026 The all-ages show will showcase the songs and drumbeats of Tahiti alongside the dances of Hawai’i, Samoa and the Maori people of New Zealand. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2026 The song strips the original’s iconic beefy melody down for parts, replacing it with tinny drumbeats and a minimal synthline, a sound that would become electroclash’s hallmark. — Cameron Cook, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026 Amid a steady cadence of conflicting signals on that front in the first few months of 2026, one of the biggest drumbeats was a report released in early March by the AI giant Anthropic. — Matthew Heimer, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026 The chants and drumbeats echoed through the walls. — Arielle Kaden, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026 Political career Vijay is among a handful of southern Indian film stars held in almost religious reverence by their fans; like Rajinikanth’s films, a Vijay film is heralded by puja ceremonies, special screenings, and festivities that include drumbeats and garlands. — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drumbeats
Noun
  • In Kyiv, for example, residents used to face a few drone and missile barrages a week—disruptive, but not enough to stop city residents from going about their lives.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Stunned at first by his opponent’s aggressiveness and the onslaught of personal attacks, Ted trains himself to withstand the barrages and to respond in kind.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The flurries of pigment inside them were dispersed by bursts of air delivered through the base of the box.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Macaday said some higher elevations in California have already seen flurries over the past month and a half.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • If access to divorce has removed the net from our tennis game, for the one percent, the proceedings have turned into Sincaraz-level volleys.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The problem with one of them — the coming forward — is that Shelton’s volleys and touch shots are still raw and under-developed.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

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“Drumbeats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drumbeats. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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