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Definition of Drumbeating
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drumbeating
Literary usage of Drumbeating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete History of Music, for Schools, Clubs, and Private Readings by Winton James Baltzell (1905)
"... the will must again exert itself; hence, drumbeating and rattle shaking must
of necessity be rhythmic. Nearly all savages have dances of various kinds. ..."
2. Robespierre and the Red Terror by Jan ten Brink (1899)
"... all those who had sounded the tocsin or joined in the drumbeating were to be
arrested, and the officers of the National Guards were forbidden to execute ..."
3. The Russo-Japanese War: Reports from British Officers Attached to the by Great Britain War Office. General Staff, Great Britain War Office (1908)
"They were received by drumbeating on the part of the Russians. Three separate
rushes were made but were repulsed with a loss of two-thirds of the force on ..."
4. Essays by Morell Mackenzie (1893)
"There is something vulgar and degrading in this hospital drumbeating and touting,
but " charity covers a multitude of sins," and the excellence of the ..."
5. The South Sea Islander: Containing Many Interesting Facts Relative to the (1820)
"A great concourse of natives about us, who are passing their time in eating,
drinking, wrestling, drumbeating, singing, hallooing, throwing their legs and ..."
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