Similar words: steamroller, roll-on roll-off, drum, drum up, drummer, doldrums, eardrum, humdrum. Meaning: n. the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously.
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1 A long drum roll introduced the trapeze artists.
2 A drum roll preceded the most dangerous part of the performance.
3 One boy, a child, begins a steady drum roll.
4 Next came a drum roll, followed by a wave and a thumbs-up sign from the newly-weds.
5 And then, with a final drum roll, it was all over.
6 The pre-recorded drum roll sounds and the sequined curtain flies up.
7 A drum roll of thumps pounded the destroyer's hull.
8 Drum roll, please: Tesco says that each sheet of its recycled toilet roll uses "1.1g of carbon" compared to 1.8g for its standard toilet roll.
9 We'll now announce the Grand Prize winner! Drum roll,(www.Sentencedict.com) please.
10 The snares are a fundamental ingredient to the drum roll as they help blend together distinct strokes that are therefore perceived as a single sustained sound.
11 They would beat a drum roll , remain silent , then beat againwith a flourish, and so on.
12 And...wait for the drum roll... the results exactly match the predictions of traditional gravitational theory, says Kobakhidze.
13 Starting lineup for the two-time defending world champion Houston Rockets recently has been, drum roll, please....
14 Nothing obscures the outlines of an orchestral passage more than a drum roll on an unrelated note.
15 Mickey Dolenz, part of the 1960s band the Monkees, will lead the drum roll.
16 Every time I touch the ball they give me a drum roll.
17 But his counsellor Cao Gui said,'We should wait until the third drum roll, sire.'
More similar words: steamroller, roll-on roll-off, drum, drum up, drummer, doldrums, eardrum, humdrum, drumming, snare drum, drumbeat, conundrum, steel drum, drum brake, drumstick, kettledrum, roll, droll, troll, roll up, roll-out, brolly, rollout, roll-on, rolled, scroll, roll out, roller, roll by, roll in.