Use "drumming" in a sentence

1. She sat in silence; her fuchsia colored nails drumming the seat handles until the descent started

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2. Above the hail’s drumming from outside, we strained to hear the sound of beasts or snakes, but could detect no danger

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3. The sound of sharp, regular breaths and a drumming of paws had indicated their presence

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4. The rhythmic drumming of Jacob’s fingers on the cold, hard rectangular table back at

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5. They were ogling and drooling watching the chefs drumming up the simple but stunning chocolate fondant when the phone rang

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6. Beyond an occasional drumming, all was quiet in the native quarter, and the streets were thronged as usual by the proletarian Ashantis and slaves, though the upper classes did not show themselves much

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7. Captain Stewart had intimated to Prempeh that he must tender his submission on Monday, January 20th but on Sunday there was a distant desultory drumming, and Ashantis became more scarce in the town

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8. It was Thistle drumming with his knuckles on the glass

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9. "I wish she'd hurry," said Pierre, drumming on his bowl with a spoon

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10. With the help of drumming, one enters a world of spirit

11. he used to teach drumming to students on Saturday mornings

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12. Letting go of her chin, he came around the chair and sat down opposite her, drumming his fingertips on the arms of the chair

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13. In quiet moments, he could still hear the sound of the blades drumming the air in cadence with the footfalls of black silhouettes running before the flames as he was lifted, ever higher, in a slow arch towards the south and Managua, leaving behind the dead and the dying

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14. ‘I’m sorry,’ said Russell, drumming the table with his fingers

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15. I guess rumor had it that the rest of their crew was scoping out some other rinks and nightclubs that night, in hopes of drumming up a break battle

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16. According to Kosmo, the main reason for drumming up the question of torture was to

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17. I didn’t realize my voice had gotten louder until I felt Kelly’s fingers drumming on my leg

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18. At 8:01, I was sitting in the kitchen, drumming my fingers

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19. I closed my eyes for a second, tears escaping; my heart was drumming in my ears

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20. They both looked at me and then dead silence filled the room, all I could hear was the rapid drumming of my heart and the clicking of my heels

21. The State and Sci–Coll and all the academics and intelligentsia have been drumming the same message into the people's heads, at every available opportunity: life has no aim, no purpose, no design

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22. Just then I heard loud drumming

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23. He had twigs in his hand and went drumming the plates

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24. I wish I could stop my heart from drumming so I can hear my thoughts

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25. drumming of the thunder, a bolt of lightning split the night with a

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26. He remained silent for a moment, still in a sitting position, drumming the fingers of one hand on the deck while stroking his still neatly cut beard with the other

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27. “How long has that been going on?” Moshe asked as he came abreast of Korah and his steady drumming

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28. drumming the fingers of one hand on the deck while stroking his still neatly cut beard with the

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29. This was accented by the dull drumming sound of the larger

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30. In the silence following his words, Simon could hear the drumming of blood to his ears

31. water fell from the ceiling, drumming the pool in the bucket with

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32. His threat to kill her kept drumming in her ears, and she

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33. She became fidgety as the slow drumming beat take hold of her mind

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34. You join in drumming the table with your fists on the brushed titanium white tables

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35. There came a drumming from afar, a distant hint of quiet sound that grew to full intensity when pierced its way into my rest

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36. when they march to the drumming

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37. Robert’s head was drumming

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38. She looked at the tall building before her but her head felt like someone was drumming in it

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39. A thick heavy drumming, violent and angry like thunder rolling and bellowing across the sky

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40. lashing the windows, the rain drumming so hard on

41. drumming on the tin roofs and the surface of the pond, making the

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42. hated these other smells, this soap and disinfectant, old paint, the tin of the drumming

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43. Blauner muted his response and hesitated with a sorry shake of the head and a tolerant drumming of the fingers on the table top, before sighing a reply

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44. " He stopped drumming his fingers and pointed at her

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45. From Jake she learned a little drumming and among other interesting uses,

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46. Millie stared at it for a moment, then walked to the hangar’s payphone and called The Commissioner, drumming her fingers on the glass until he answered

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47. He heard a sound like someone drumming their fingers

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48. Without the drumming of the rain on the ground and on their umbrellas, the night was suddenly silent

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49. ” Connie glared at her from the circulation desk, hands spread on the counter, fingers drumming

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50. There was a rapid drumming of paws as a band of coyotes came

51. ” Carl stopped drumming and raised an eyebrow

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52. “Final…?” The drumming stopped

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53. But by covering his ears in this eerie silence, he could hear the incessant drumming of his heart

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54. • Drumming fingers in the table

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55. He would give a false impression of the number of his soldiers by distributing fire, raising the dust, drumming and making noise, all of which made his enemies think that his army was large

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56. Drumming, the tapping of tambourines, dancing and excitement, and tuneful voices that entirely enchant hearts that are unmindful of the Source of Majesty and Beauty: these are used to delight the ears, after which the hearts become cheerful at these sounds and the spirits become captivated by what they hear, as the domination of whim is awakened and thinking and rationality become doped

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57. It took Stripehead’s vocals a few seconds to find the correct key, and Theo's drumming started fast, slowed down, and then speeded-up again

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58. Danny’s bass didn’t always match the drumming either, but they tumbled through to the end

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59. Robbie was already sitting on his bike, drumming his fingers on the handlebars

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60. “The pictures,” he said, leaning a little closer, drumming his fingers on the chair

61. My fingers were drumming on the console and I willed myself to stop

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62. And the drumming of my heartbeat

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63. She did so without hesitation, her heart drumming in her ears

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64. Neal frowned, tilting his head and drumming his fingertips lightly on the arm of the chair

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65. I sat at the end of my bed, drumming my fingers on the end board of the bed

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66. My heart was already drumming in my ears, and I was sure that if I could hear its terrified thump-thump so loud and clear, the zombies would hear it too

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67. laughter when the elder told him that he hadn"t heard so much drumming since seeing the

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68. "Psha," said his wife, drumming her foot

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69. drumming her fingers on the table,

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70. He heard the raindrops drumming on it

71. He sat for a minute or so, drumming his fingers on the table softly

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72. There was a constant hum now as the storm pelted the structure and beat down on the hard earth, forming wide puddles which served to amplify the persistent drumming

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73. It was like the drumming of a spinning coin on a glass desktop

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74. Then he sat for several minutes, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel

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75. They heard the drumming of hooves and then they could see the front rank of the springbok, racing in a line at least three miles long

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76. “A Swiss ethologist called Hans Kummer once said that asking whether behaviour is inborn or acquired is like asking whether a drumming sound you hear in the distance comes from the drum or the drummer

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77. For example, when you hear two different drumming sounds, you may ask whether they result from the same drummer playing on two different drums, or the same drum played by two different drummers

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78. Don’t think about that, he thought, drumming his fingers along the curve of the steering wheel

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79. "It's been hard, hasn't it?" My words were almost drowned out by the rain drumming on the umbrella

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80. Euther’s throat clearing was constant as was the drumming of

81. forward as quickly as he could, followed by the drumming of hail

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82. The little cassette player was drumming out some unknown dance-mix that Edna had given to Mark to bring in to the hospital

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83. If someone has PTSD, their therapy could be drumming up that event that caused them a

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84. judging my drumming to be “less than” what I wanted and was capable of, and therefore

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85. …and I gave up all judgment and resistance to drumming at that moment

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86. Murphy stopped drumming, and shifted so his elbow was resting on the nightstand instead, his chin in his hand

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87. drumming up support from the peoples of the south, he now had to sort the mess out with

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88. The computer's cooling motor changed pitch in a sigh of exasperation and it blinked the cursor on and off as if drumming its fingers on the desk

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89. As strange episodes of drumming my fingers on the hymen of thought are over

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90. President Quaid was drumming his fingers on his desk top

91. sense of throbbing life and intensity; he could feel it drumming through him as his eyes

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92. barked, a donkey brayed and I fancied I heard the determined drumming of cantering

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93. The drumming stops

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94. She heard a noise above her; it was Felicite drumming on the windowpanes to amuse little Berthe

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95. Then at last, if the wind allowed, they heard the water of the tap drumming into the kettle, which their mother was filling for morning, and they could go to sleep in peace

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96. The drumming in her head had subsided to an occasional dull thud

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97. Merthin imagined he could feel the underground rush of the water, its drumming vibration transmitted through the foundations and the tiled floor and sensed by the soles of his feet

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98. His heartbeat is drumming so loudly that he can’t hear, he can’t think straight, but he prepares just in case, he’s had it planned out just in case, and he recites it to himself now

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