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drumbeat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | protagonism, advocacy |
the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq.
Examples of drumbeat
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Democrats have kept up the drumbeat, with more than $2 million in ads this week.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The drumbeat of economic gloom and doom keeps pounding loudly everywhere you go.
From the projo.com
All this year, the drumbeat with respect to China's economy has been consistent.
From the forbes.com
There is a western media drumbeat that threatens a dearth of foreign investment.
From the economist.com
While scientists march to the drumbeat of grant money, at least trees don't lie.
From the forbes.com
Felisha gets angry at the constant drumbeat of negative headlines and statistics.
From the kentucky.com
Truly, Reed marches to no one's drumbeat save his own, which you have to respect.
From the newsobserver.com
But the drumbeat of not dealing with it just got too loud, so they went for it.
From the npr.org
He knows just how he wants everything, down to the drumbeat that's bothering him.
From the denverpost.com
- Rub-a-dub: the sound made by beating a drum
- (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
- A vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"
- A drum beat or drum pattern is a rhythmic pattern, or repeated rhythm establishing the meter and groove through the pulse and subdivision, played on drum kits and other percussion instruments...
- Drumbeat was a BBC television series that aired every Saturday from 4 April to 29 August 1959. It was the BBC's answer and rival to ITV's Oh Boy! series, though as the latter finished on 30 May, for most of its run Drumbeat had no comparable competition.
