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drum up example sentences
drum up
1. I swallowed, trying to drum up my wavering nerve, and took a few steps
2. I told the guys that I had heard through the grapevine (some of Kelly’s friends) that those Hip Hop Breakers had been trying to drum up some break battles for the past couple of weeks but everyone had been afraid of their “thuggery” as Marie had put it
3. But some stores get carried away with putting big promotional posters in their windows to drum up business, and this was definitely one of those stores
4. He had packed enough clothes, prepared his favourite suits on the hanger for the outward journey and by the time the driver arrived he was positively pulling at the leash to spring into action for the bank and drum up some lucrative deals for his salesman to follow up with later
5. the corridors, the sound of rumbling began to drum up
6. Elaine sacheted across the indoor sitting area with a plate of sliced multigrain bread, jam and fruit samples as I tried to drum up a challenging question
7. But know this: I could drum up some kind of false charge, and added with your illicit activities, you will most definitely pay the price
8. I think he staged his wife's disappearance to drum up business, or even worse
9. Churchill had to drum up support and he did this with his famous speech, on June 4th 1940, where he declared we would, “fight them on the beaches, the landing grounds, in the fields and the streets; in the hills… we shall never surrender”! The response to this was a rapturous applause in the House of Commons, and reinforced the bulldog spirit of the British people
10. lied to his tribe about the extent of his African injuries to drum up sympathy and
11. He said in a statement that he thought it would be a good way for the attraction to drum up business in our slow economy, but that the amount of intrusions, break-ins, and questions over the Halloween weekend proved to be too much for his crew to handle
12. its arrival and to drum up business in the community
13. We won’t throw them out only to let them drum up support to return in power
14. A steady Rain began to drum upon the Roof; a chill Wind flew down the Chimney causing the Fire to dance madly for a Moment, then leap upward once more; and Lustre rear’d upon his hind Legs, neigh’d wildly, show’d his Face at the Window, his Eyes blazing, and then grew suddenly silent again
15. I could not complain however, as I found the business fascinating and I was having fun, despite the grueling task of enduring life as a rookie broker trying to drum up new accounts and obtain a foothold in the business