| 单词 | drum |
| 例句 | It had a broad blue strap with a pad for putting around your neck, the flat top facing up, for it was a drumroller's drum. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He used his hands constantly as he talked, and when he did not talk his fingers drummed on his desk or on the open Talmud in front of him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “What about now?” it asked, and the sound was a hand dragged across the taut skin of a drum, low and resonant and clear. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The rain drummed on the roof and the air was filled with dampness. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It took only seconds for a thunderous percussion of goatskin drums to join the singing, and instinctively Koffi's own heart attuned to their pounding cadence. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Mom’s drum roll on the table brings me back. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I’m a gun at your head, When I pass the oil drum. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He touched a black key on the piano and it made a dull sound, like a distant drum. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The music room next door is open, and a few students are practicing drums. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Louder than any beat of even the largest drum, it was followed by a cry of horror. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad dropped the cone into an oil drum full of rubbish and walked off. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z All the rough-fish population of these waters was destroyed also — the carp, buffalo, drum, gizzard shad, and catfish. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We walked for miles, slowly, guns up and ready to throw shot at a drumming flight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The rockets came like drums, beating in the night. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In February on the night of the full moon we could hear the sound of drums in the distance. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z As she worked on her hands and knees, she felt a rhythmical beat, like the rumble of Eskimo drums. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Stranger says she still is squirmy when she hears drums and shooting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I quickly handed the laptop back to Ema, never taking my eyes off my adversary—another lesson drummed into me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Lifting, dropping, lifting, dropping—by the time the drum cuts out and the trombone kicks in, her arms move so fast they’re a blur, her flesh an undulating, pumping mass. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z For a tense moment, we stare at each other as the rain drums against the windows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Soothed a little by the thought I drifted into sleep, broken often by bells ringing and the low rat-tat of drums for the prayers which went on at intervals throughout the night. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The Carter band came in led by a drum major, the music sweet and jazzy. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To that end, biologists dumped several drums of a poison called rotenone into fifteen miles of creek. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Root drummed his fingers on the conference table. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z When he came to, it was in a different space, small, hot, close to the drumming of a gyropter engine, lit by the glow of an instrument panel. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z We gathered our instruments, minus the drum set we’d borrowed from the band room, and left the auditorium. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The captain rose and drummed the pommel of his sword before calling to a servant as Celaena walked into her bedroom. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Father Nicanor, with his liver enlarged and tight as a drum, gave him his blessing from bed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It’s as if he’s somewhere else, waiting for himself to come, drumming his fingers on the table while he waits. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nkondo and Gabriel more than the others because they play their chairs like drums and drown me out when I try to explain long division.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You guys ever drummed in the circle before?” she said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Music fills the air, and the only sounds I recognize—from my limited experience with the Amity—are plucked guitar strings and drums. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I could hear the drums and the cymbals and the gongs and brass horns. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was humming the wedding song and drumming his finger on the edge of the tailgate. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a hand drum, and he held it by the sinew ties crisscrossing the back, tilting it towards the heat to tighten the skin over the front. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Then I put five CDs in the changer behind my drums, put on my headphones, pressed shuffle, and played along with at least ten really loud metal songs in a row without stopping. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess he knew we’d have such things close to hand—every dock on the creek has drums and rope and an old plank or two. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z But what in tarnation could you tell somebody with just a drum? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The drums beat, signaling the start of the graduation banquet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They head off to the nearest army truck where Protection Units supply fresh water from huge drums. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The dull beat made by that foreign drum carried no message and certainly offered no cause for celebration. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s no earmuffs and no mistakes allowed, and Noah drumming everything. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Hype plays a drum kick to cap off his “joke.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He soon discovered the second drum containing a mussel stew bubbling over the fire. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I requested that the prison service supply me with sixteen 44-gallon oil drums that I had them slice in half. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The others would echo his words or make their voices sound like drums or musical instruments backing up his sermon—although the Vapostori used no actual instruments in their ceremonies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared at his fingers, still drumming a rhythm against his leg. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Again and again he hit the chunks of wood as if beating a drum. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Komla knew every story, every proverb, every bit of tribal history ever told or sung or drummed by her people. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran after her, told her to wait right there, charged down the hallway to the laundry room, got my drum stuff, and galloped back. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The first thing that children will want to do is play a steady beat on the drum and create a melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z We need to grasp a melody and a drum beat or steady pulse in order to make sense of what we are hearing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Another night of Stew Beef making dynamic subtleties with his drum and living, sculptural, grotesques in the dance. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, I show them the stainless steel drum that holds our primary water supply. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Then, as I played, he began to strike his drum so as to keep the proper beats. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They held up their empty metal bowls or hubcaps or whatnot and cheerfully beat them like drums. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At four in the afternoon a roll of drums in the square announced the closing of the polls and Don Apolinar Moscote sealed the ballot box with a label crossed by his signature. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The fine lines of rain had thickened, but he didn’t want to stop to put the roof up; and so he didn’t, even when his car hood began to drum loudly. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I concentrated on Meg and Jack, jumping around the hotel room, silently banging the drum. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Khaled accepted a drum and began playing with one swift, accurate hand. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Next to the calendar there is a postcard of a Duchamp painting he has always loved, of a chocolate grinder that reminds him of a set of drums, suspended against a gray background. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A loud drumming like the beating of many wings against the wooden floor filled the air. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z One of the regimental drummers played most miraculously upon a drum of his own fashioning. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It came just before lunch, as he was standing at his locker, and flew in with such force it knocked him back, making the row of lockers resound like a steel drum. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Miss Edmunds would play her guitar and let the kids take turns on the autoharp, the triangles, cymbals, tambourines, and bongo drum. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z In places the branches wove a canopy overhead and he was given a moment's respite from die drumming of the rain against his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A drum struck savagely through the hush, sent it shivering, flying...people blinked and stared, called thus rudely to take up their ordinary existence. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Jeyne’s words seemed to echo in his head, to the beat of the drums two of Abel’s other girls were pounding. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then the piano keys trilled and the guitar and bass and drums pounced on the downbeat and I forgot all about Vonetta, the record needle, and getting in trouble. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z As I looked on, he continued to tap the drum with his big fingers, bleating out his song. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The crowd laughed until the tears rolled down their cheeks while the cymbals clashed—the dragon’s copper laugh—and the drums banged like firecrackers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The band consisted of a fiddle, drum and cornet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The beat of drums started up from the Carter side. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But now he had these words, these words like drums and singing and magic. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I just couldn’t wait to actually get up there and play the drums for all these people — that was the part I was living for, anyway. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning this kid came to school and was greeted by anything from three hens to twelve drummers drumming. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The drum roll mounts as she gains momentum. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The drumming of rain on the canvas was easing up, which was a good thing; it had started to drip through on us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Ashish glanced at his phone and then drummed his fingers on the table. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her drumming fingers on the pile of parish magazines said, Normal? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z This time it was accompanied by the beating of what sounded like a drum. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z As I walked, the ridiculous words drummed themselves into my head over and over again, rising to the rhythm of a buzzing noise: Three blind mice... three blind mice, See how they run! Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Teddy finishes off his drum solo with a crash of cymbals. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Mambo had the drum beaten, but the sound disturbed the hearts of the people so much that they crouched on the ground and covered their ears. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s yet another cool thing about music: If you show off in sports, you’re a “hotdog,” if you show off in class, you’re a “brainiac,” but if you show off in drumming, people love it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, he heard drumming and singing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z From further down the road came the drumming beats of something that might have been the hooves of goats, racing on into the night. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She became aware, slowly, that the flying creature’s heart was beating as quickly as a tiny war drum, urgent with some kind of duty. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Doom, doom went the drums in the deep. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The dawn drums thunder out and begin listing the names of the dead. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And we happily sounded that military drum roll, the twirling roar of the Spanish r. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We could barely hear each other over the crisp staccato pounding of the conga drums and the shrill brass sections blaring from their stereo. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The earth shook slightly beneath her, vibrated as though she lay on the head of a vast drum. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I stepped into Rocinante to bring out my poor mite of garbage for the oil drum, two empty cans; I had eaten from one and Charley from the other. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d told her once, “You know, Amari, the drums are not just noise—they are language; they are the pattern of the rhythm of our lives.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I pause and rewind to the beginning, turning the iPad to myself The intro blares out again, a mix of drumming and a man’s deep voice saying something in Arabic. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Without them, we would not move a muscle, drum a finger, think a thought. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She drums her polished nails on the desk as I sign my name. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There was something relaxing about the steady drumming, so constant that it almost became inaudible without ever decreasing in volume. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As it was, because of our being in mourning for Granny, Mama wouldn’t let me so much as follow the army downtown, much less beat the drum. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The drums she heard at the parade were only the first part, the first word, of a command. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There are instruments and human players but sometimes a fiddle or a drum makes instruments of those who play them, and all are put in servitude to the song. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Portia knocked her head on the table and the blows had a rhythm like the slow beat of a drum and his heart took up this rhythm also. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Fiddles, lutes, and drums, everyone played and danced and sang as they wished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I took but a few more steps when a beating sound, as if someone were striking a drum, came from behind. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Only the strongest, smoothest, wildest hero ever. Rides a crow the size of a Cadillac truck—no, a stretch limo! He even has his own walk-up music—they say drums play when he walks.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z At the sound of the drumming and singing, these dancers stepped in a counterclockwise circle to commemorate the rotation of the earth, their feet pounding the soft earth, their bells jangling. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes it would drum suddenly on the roof. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z On the last word, he shoved her out from behind the drum. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We slept long hours, the rain drumming against the walls, the angry rolls of thunder galloping over our zinc roof. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The wind drummed at the canvas over the wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart is beating so hard and loud that I can’t hear anything except the drumming of it, which fills my ears. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I know, I know, you’re probably thinking that my new superhuman drum schedule must have been cutting into my homework time. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She was bopping up the street, pumping her arms as if banging on the biggest invisible drum set ever imagined. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z A thought drummed in Smith’s mind: He’s burning the top right off the racetrack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He explained that there had been a strange animal there and that he had had to play his drum to keep the animal dancing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He would be one of those drum majors for freedom that Martin Luther King talked about. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He watches me a moment longer, fingers still drumming, lips pursed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Looking down, I could see them winding upward in a mass to the muffled sound of the drums. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A drum of gasoline lying carelessly in the gutter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He growled; drums pounded; chorus girls screamed and fled. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A drum began to throb not far away. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Wait, you mean you brought us a drummer who can’t play drums?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z My fists rubbed the crusted gunk from my eyes as the drumming against my window picked up to a steady beat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The drum intensified, the laughter turned ever more hilarious. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In all directions, loud partying brigades from public and private high schools, from Lost Cove U., are gathered around kegs, bonfires, picnic tables, drum circles, car hoods. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Pressed against Archer’s shoulder, Sefia could feel her own pulse drumming in her neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Father’s spirit medium needed a drum to go into a trance. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She was to be married soon, and she preferred peeking at Besa, who stood behind his waist-high drum on the other side of the fire, watching her as well. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It involved a large wooden roller drum, a cylinder with holes for special test tubes called roller tubes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Ten guys, the groom’s friends and family, led by a man playing the dhol, an Indian drum, begin to dance their way to the mandap. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “I love the sound of it,” Trina whispers, as if speaking too loudly might interrupt the drumming patter of the rain outside. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z So to the beat of the drum they rowed wearily into the bay. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Several times they heard the drumming of a great woodpecker, the shyest of birds. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Not coughing smoke but smoke from a woman’s smooth-voiced singing, with piano, bass, and drums. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The marina was momentarily quiet except for the merry chime of steel drums from the Coral Queen’s calypso band. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z "I dunno. You want a fire, I think, and a drum, and you keep time to the drum." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The sound of the volley and the roll of the drums came together. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Meir drummed his fingers on the leather cover of a book. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Farther on the fishwives were crying the day’s catch, and a boy was beating time on a drum as a shabby old bear danced in a circle for a ring of river runners. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The saxophone is the star of this nameless song, with the drums and piano blending with it in perfect harmony. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z His head hurt every time he took a step; shock waves of a foot against the ground registered on skull drums. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The skin on her face used to be tight as a drum. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z He used his fingers to play a simple but hypnotizing rhythm on the drum. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes the pulsing of the drums was all but inaudible, at others they seemed to be beating only just round the corner. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Werner has been reading the popular science magazines in the drugstore; he’s interested in wave turbulence, tunnels to the center of the earth, the Nigerian method of relaying news over distances with drums. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Low-pitched instruments such as drums impact the body with vibration and rhythm that influence body rhythms and movement, whereas higher-pitched frequencies such as flute and voice demand more attention and focus. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Instead, he was singing raucously while beating a small drum with his massive hands. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The sea was full of sound: shouts and calls, warhorns and drums and the trill of pipes, the slap of wood on water as thousands of oars rose and fell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Behind them two students struck a gong and beat a drum. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I shut out all those worries—like what would happen if we tested Dragonwings and it did not fly, or how to drum up an audience if Dragonwings did test out. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But when he heard yells and shouts from the market-place and the rattle of British drums calling up reserves, he tore over to Dock Square. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Five minutes later, I’m perched on a drum stool in Evas bedroom while Abby tucks into the desk chair, arms wrapped around her knees. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It was April, and outside in the dark the rain whipped against the windows of our tavern, making a sound like muffled drums. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard the shards of tile, torn branches, and slivers of wood pounding against the stone courtyard like the beating of drums, but nothing touched her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I looked up in the middle of a Led Zeppelin drum solo, and my dad was sitting on the beat-up old couch about 8 feet in front of my bass drum. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The men were pounding on big loggedy-looking drums, and women were singing high, quavery tunes like birds gone crazy in the full moon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She drummed her pink nails on the top of the vanity in concentration. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z To perceive that blowing up the drum will be the only way to achieve my mission. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Picture all the student participation I haven’t been able to drum up over the years cashing in at the same time—with interest. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z A great drum led the royal procession to clear their way through the streets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We urged him to flee, Olakunde tying the head back upon his drum. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They conduct the genome, thereby playing out its music—activating the viola at the fourteenth minute, a crash of cymbals during the arpeggio, a roll of drums at the crescendo. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “We looked for you at Winterfell, but found only Crowfood Umber beating drums and blowing horns. It took some time to find you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To African drums, the Cubans gradually added an array of percussion instruments that were native to the region, such as the claves and the maracas. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Even the soundtrack chosen for this level is off-the-charts epic, full of orchestral strings and deep drums, sending my heart soaring. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Six heartbeats later came the thunder, like a distant drum. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Above us, rain drummed on the canvas awning. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She showed them chords, where to move their hands, which part of the drums to hit and when. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “Not this drum of the council of the mouse. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z For several moments we stood there not saying anything, the rain drumming on the aluminum roof. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The beat of a drum was audible, and individual rats could be picked out. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z If I stayed in the after-school rock band, it’d just be me and John playing “The Final Countdown” at the spring concert, with Mr. B playing drums, and we’d look like the world’s biggest dweebs. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Energy from the rabbit soup flowed through her and she drummed her fingers against the floor. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He flailed his arms in an exaggerated air drumming motion. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Gathered in the center, around a sacred drum used to commune with Wah’Kon-Tah, were several male musicians and singers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Ben’s footsteps drum away in the direction of his shelf full of librex. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I looked over to see Derrick, also holding a drum. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Ballard drummed his fingers along the edge of his desk. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Dad’s snare drum from the house, Henry’s guitar from his car, Adam’s spare guitar from my room. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He moves next to me and drums his fingers at the banister. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “And so they did,” Komla said, ending his tale with a tapping on his drum. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z As the hullbeast reached for my friends, as fetterlings stormed after me and brand flies circled the silver gem lights like vultures, the drums pounded harder and harder, and I stopped running. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His body hit the frame hard, hard enough that it made a hollow ringing like a steel drum, and Moss saw that Reg’s breath had been knocked out of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Some dance, some sing, one plays the pipe and one the drums. Good washerwomen too.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To create the drums, the boys stretched thick plastic bags tightly across the tops of the cans, securing the bags with rubber bands. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The conga drums were pounding in his head. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I drummed my fingers on my mother's briefcase. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In contrast to the figure of Hades on the column drum, the bronze youth in figure 19 is free to move about, lending him a lifelike presence that is further enhanced by his dancing pose. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He also drank a cup of shark liver oil each day from the big drum in the shack where many of the fishermen kept their gear. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Some brothers with dreads started playing steel drums and that was getting us back to a good mood. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad nervously drummed his fingers on the tabletop. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z His heart was pounding inside his chest like a small drum, not in its usual steady march but in a wild, arrhythmic abandon. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I cautiously walked into the alley, alert for anything unusual, but there was no sound of drums or gongs or noise at all. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He put one hand down, drummed on the map, shook his head, then turned abruptly and walked off to the edge of the trees to look toward Cemetery Hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered that Grandma had said the island was the drum of the thunder beings. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In the stern the net slipped free from the drum and rolled over the fairleads easily toward the sea until at last the whole of it was out of the boat, three hundred fathoms long. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “You’re striking the keys like they’re conga drums. This is a very delicate instrument. The touch has to be light, light...” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The dawn drums fall silent, and boots march lockstep toward the courtyard, accompanied by the clank of chains. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then comes the moldy old Rachel and Leah stuff we had drummed into us at the Center. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long after far away eastward the faint drums throbbed again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Her ears rang with the sound of Shae’s and Kaede’s breathing in that small room, and beneath it, the flutter of her heartbeat seemed as loud as a drum. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the distance I could hear the sound of drums and gongs. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls were ten feet high and made of supplies from his root cellar—sacks of grain, cases of ammunition, drums of honey. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He found that the hypnotic, seemingly repetitive and endless patterns of these drum- and mallet- based styles did not in fact stay the same: instead they changed subtly with each reiteration of the phrase. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The twitch turned into a wrench when Clarence raised his voice to declare the next one was two-step and Derrick handed his drum to Tree. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The direction of the breeze changed and brought her the sound of drums. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And it’s exactly the feeling I get when I'm drumming. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Fish make sounds by clicking their teeth, blowing air, and drumming with special muscles against tuned inflated air bladders. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy King, who was one of the best students in our class, played the drum as we danced. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you lived your life under a rock? Were you born of sheep? Do you know nothing of drums, horns, and pipes? Do you even sing?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Desperately she threw herself under the curve of the drum and lay still. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I drum my fingers on my knee as I watch the neighborhood pass by. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Culebra burst back in as one: guitars, bass, drums, and keys a single, relentless electric roar. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Under the cacophony of foreign tongues, he heard queer music playing from somewhere up ahead, a thin high fluting accompanied by drums. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Each one is either behind a keyboard, a drum set, an electric guitar, or a microphone. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I preferred movies with dancing in them, singing, ceremonial masks, carved artifacts for making music: feathers, brass buttons, conch shells, drums. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In return for exporting bird of paradise plumes and spices, New Guineans received Southeast Asian goods, including even such luxury items as Dong Son bronze drums and Chinese porcelain. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She spreads her fingers over the taut, enormous drum her middle has become, wondering where the baby’s feet and hands are at this moment. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, Blackcliff’s drums thud out, a wake-up call for the entire school and half the city. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At the end of the room, the Oompa-Loompas around the giant camera were already beating their tiny drums and beginning to jog up and down to the rhythm. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I followed her, my heart drumming loud enough to drown out all thought. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The sounds of the drums and cymbals boomed as the procession passed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z An organ is pushed against the wall, and next to that are three snare drums stacked one on top of the other. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The parking lot is clogged with traffic and pedestrians, and Mom drums her hands on the steering wheel. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z A running stream could be a glissando on a xylophone; thunder can be played with drums; footsteps with a woodblock, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The blare of trumpets and the rat-a-tat of snare drums surround them. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z We were clad only in our blankets, and as the ceremony began, with drums pounding, we were ordered to sit on a blanket on the ground with our legs spread out in front of us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she sat behind the wheel, drumming it and thinking. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The drumming ebbs and flows, comes to a crescendo before stopping completely; then I am stagnant water again. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z A group made up of an accordion and drums played the songs of Francisco the Man, who had not been seen in Macondo for several years. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “You do traditional Nigerian drumming as your talent?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Simon’s perched on the drum stool, hands over his mouth, eyes saucerwide. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He invented, for example, a player organ: an organ which, like a player piano, automatically played music according to the information conveyed by pins on a turning drum. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He banged the drum, calling the horde to silence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He couldn’t imagine what it had been like for his greatgrandfather, accused of destroying the entire camp, drummed out of the legion for something he didn’t do. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z His fingers were long and bony, always moving, scratching at his beard, tugging at an ear, drumming on a table, twitching, twitching, twitching. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At least the drumming of the rain had stopped, and at least the canoe was still lying level on the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I picked the meowing kitten out of my drum. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Sefia tensed, remembering the sensation of his arms around her, his bare skin, his heart drumming frantically in his chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Four drums will lift two thousand pounds, approximate. That should be just enough to shift the keel,” Mr. Woodwell told me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I finished, I went downstairs to play the drums. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The tank roared; the sound was thunder trapped in a metal drum, clamoring to be let out. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I guess maybe my biggest achievement was learning that there’s more to life than taking the big drum solo. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The ice cubes made a weird rattling noise as they swirled around in the big drum. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z But he still felt it, drumming like a hammer in his brain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The drums were pounding louder, as if to drown out a faint but spine-chilling screaming. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z By morning Gabriel was playing the deep tones in the center of the drum. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She too had poetry at her command, knew words that sang and were spells and beat drums. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I jog in place, lifting my knees in a fierce rhythm that raises my breath and sets my heart pounding, but doesn’t quite drum out my rising thoughts. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He hopped out and ran to it, already drumming up an explanation for bringing Annie back a second time. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The drums of war had not yet silenced the laughter of the harvesters, but Aziz felt the first pinch of heartache when her father didn’t return on the appointed day. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Killconey the ferret stood alongside his Chief with a drum that he had made from an old water butt. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And I lifted the top and tilted the drum so he could look in at the two dowels. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Macon drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, which trembled a little as the car idled. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I suddenly recall the sound of Voodoo drums wafting into the army barracks in Mirebalais at night, when I visited Haiti as a journalist, around the time I first met Farmer. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She wiped her eyes and said in barely a whisper, “I feel like a broken drum—hollow, crushed, unable to make a sound.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The snare drum rolls, and she stops, her mouth open in mock surprise. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z To drum up excitement, Fitzpatrick and Foster tapped talented men to lead—one to solidify support among Johnny Joyce's cattle butchers, another to organize blacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I could hear the steady rolling of the drums with muffled snares, and all other sounds were suspended in silence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly he took out the drum which he had brought with him and began to beat it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He could sit down at the piano, looking as if he had given up on China, but pretty soon his left hand would get the cannon booming and the drums beating. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then more staring, more clock checking, more drumming. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The car was quiet enough for me to hear his fingers drumming on the steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z With every mile she traveled now, the oil drums became more and more numerous and the tracks of the wolverine more and more scarce. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The event was reported quickly with drums, across our province and beyond, and some of our neighbors even ran there on foot to try to help their captured leader. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And he stood in the pretty little cemetery where you can hear the waves drumming always. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She's the percussionist and gets to crash the cymbals and play the thundery kettle drums, which sounds an ace laugh. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She drummed her fingers on the tabletop, her eyes distant as if she were deep in thought. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The Corporal listened with great intensity, as if the sound of fife and drum brought a special message to his ears. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a glamorous reenactment of a wedding, with a “bride and groom” surrounded by dancing girls and drumming boys. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Calling to the boy to give her his drum, she hung it on the branch of a tree in a place where he would not be able to get at it easily. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z His fingers drummed against his knee, moving faster and faster. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The rain was still drumming heavily against the high, dark glass. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She drummed the tabletop with her freshly manicured nails. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z So when I heard the drumming, I kinda figured it might be you. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mamita and Mami and Tía Isa, not understanding that drumsticks are the only kind of drumsticks that will do on a drum, suggested pencils or the handles of wooden spoons used for making cake batter. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Almost every single night we could hear those drums from the next village over, which Nelson said was talking drums. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in the market for a set of drums. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Estha put on the tap and water drummed into a plastic bucket. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A deep, hollow drumming throbbed over the crowded plain. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Thunder came from the sky, like a giant drum beating fiercely and fast, forcing its way into her head and chest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z In the upper right hand is a drum whose sound is the sound of creation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The drum major rushed past the men toward the car, and I heard the cane bang down upon the hood as he rushed toward me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It helps that the drumming from next door is getting louder, covering up our plotting. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z But on the last day an astonishing number of English heavies opened up on us with high-explosive, drumming ceaselessly on our position, so that we suffered severely and came back only eighty strong. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Bear began to beat his drum and dance. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The rain drummed on the high windows, and the floodlights, shining through the glass, cast a pattern on the walls as if dark rivulets of water were streaming down them from ceiling to floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then she heard it, a soft patter, a gentle drum that had no real rhythm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It had an earthy sound, not like the metal drum at home, of something burrowed out of a tree trunk with an animal skin stretched over the top. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I drummed my fingers on the counter, impatient for a cigarette, wondering if anyone had ever told him something could be done about those pimples on his neck. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he heard a somber rolling of the drums. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear mandolins, guitars, Spanish bagpipes, the drums of Africa, boatmen wailing on the Nile. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The soldiers killed the girl, skinned her, and used her skin to cover a drum. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some suggestions: an unaccompanied violin or cello sonata, a flute, oboe, trumpet, or horn concerto, Asaian or native American flute music, classical guitar, bagpipes, steel pan drums, panpipes, or organ. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Through the ways of the city, I heard the call of the drums, beating the soldiers into formation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I was thinking the words, but I must have said them out loud, because Lettie and Ruthanne abandoned their own search and stood beside me as my drumming fingers suddenly went still. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I breathed it in deep and tried to think who came up with the idea that everybody should come to the beach and bang drums while the sun went down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Uncle sat for a long time in his chair, drumming his fingers on the chair’s arms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone drummed his fingers against the table top. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She would look around the walls of the room, which they had decorated together last summer with a border of marching ducks and rabbits playing trumpets and drums. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z My mouth goes dry, and my heart is pounding so hard, it feels like someone’s beating it like a drum. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He drums his fingers against it, surveying me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She could feel her heart drumming in her throat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then I threw in some big “bombs” with my bass drum foot. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I started with both hands doing a kind of shuffled march on the snare drum, pretty quietly. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Micah stops drumming the table and gives us a stern face. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Roy’s breath came in rapid bursts and his heart pounded like a bass drum. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, whenever four-year-old Jasmin hears the drum of a plane engine overhead, she rushes outside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z That was just like my mother to let me have a drum and then forbid me to drum it, ba-bam, ba-bam, in any significantly inspired way. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We hit that little drum for so long my fingers started losing feeling. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z But near Enugu, the civil defenders had blocked the road with tree trunks and old rusty drums. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Attaboy, Sonny,” I heard Mom call above the rat-a-tat-tat of my drum. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The music wound along gently, a stroll in the park, but occasional drum bursts and off-kilter chimes from Juan’s guitar gave a sinister edge to it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Ladies and courtiers wore their finest silks and jewels, and musicians sounded their tabors, drums, and lutes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He drummed lightly on the top of the radio with his wand, muttering random words under his breath. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The King drummed his fingers on the arm of the chair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing at her desk with her coat and hat on, Mrs. Cormier could see Dr. Barnes sitting there, fifteen feet away, drumming on the desk with his fingers. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z I head to the kitchen smelling of polish, my head aching with the indecipherable echo of Blackcliff s drums, which have been pounding all day. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The tallest are nearly as tall as the truck, and their big dry heads drum the roof of the cab and the sides of the box. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally, a young white man who looked to be about Amari’s age brought out a small drum and began pounding a beat. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It has none of the life and voice our drummers were able to coax from a drum, Amari thought. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Just sat there, watching me, one hand drumming the upholstery, the other twirling turquoise blue prayer beads. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Each morning when we went to the shore, we would take a large drum of fresh water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even at this distance, Taran could hear the clank of weapons, the steady, heavy drumming of marching feet. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Then again the drums; and once more the men’s deep savage affirmation of their manhood. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I joked around with my friends, played the drums, sat in classes, and acted even more lame than usual around Renee, but I didn’t let anybody know what was going on with Jeffrey. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A small jazz combo with a bass, a piano, and a drum set providing the "rhythm" background for a trumpet improvising a solo. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “You must stop,” he said as she set him on an upturned oil drum, in the feeble light of one of those anbaric bulbs that swung on its cable overhead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He sat up, listening to the drums that were beating again, now nearer at hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The pounding of the drums filled the empty silence of Ucho’s discomfort. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Owen the Oaf took up his fiddle, and several of the free folk joined in with pipes and drums. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z April drummed her fingers on the countertop and thought for a second. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Mo- qorro’s voice was a bass drum that seemed to boom from somewhere deep within his massive torso. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I managed not to shout in surprise, but my heart beat like ten drums. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When the pounding of the drums suddenly died, the dancers stopped in confusion, their applause abruptly ending, but then Ash heard a great cheer go up from the far side of the Square. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Jeffrey banged around on my drum set for twenty minutes or so and things felt normal again, for a little while. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of rain drumming on the roof of our house gently pulls me toward consciousness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Those near me informed me that he made the drum speak, and that it chanted the praise-songs of his people in ancient times and their exploits martial. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But each time the drums boomed and the cymbals clashed, the soldiers marched harder and seemed taller. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z There was a bang of drums and a shrill of fifes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben clapped his hand over her mouth and listened for the drumming of avenging feet on the stairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As he heard the drums and the firing, he lifted his head even higher. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There are several computer monitors at a table, with drum pads, keyboards, and speakers nearby. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We hurry toward it, not saying a word, but I’m utterly certain the drumming of my heart is echoing through the canyon. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I spend a good part of the year after the football season drumming that message into the students and the faculty that we are not second- rate,” he admitted. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The music grew like a fog around the crowd, and then, with only a sly rim shot for warning, the drums kicked in full thrust. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I know the family business — It’s been drummed into my head: How to cheat the hungry customer And earn my daily bread. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Crosshatching a thick birch-bark cylinder, thin strips of leather held the skins in place at either end of the drum. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He could hear the rain falling outside, drumming against the bricks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Only then did Jonathan realize how much closer was the sound of fife and drum. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Wave after wave, changing her heartbeat to drum, morphing her singular voice to many, pulling every dream from her own marrow and into her song. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The intense rhythm of drums and the discordant clang of cymbals could be heard from his seat, and he wondered if she was going to go deaf. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z When the dance was over the old men cheered and beat their paddle-like drums. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There he played the drum, while the senior cousin jumped up and down on the sand. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The rain was falling harder now, stinging the eyes and drumming against the ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It became the drums as it pounded its own pulsing rhythms into the night. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z "That drum is from a magic store," she said, consoling me. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z There’s a trash can, an oil drum spray-painted blue, near the front door of Blue Spot Liquor. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Two women with three small children emerged from behind an oil drum near the truck and scrambled onto the back of the truck. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She pulls me in front of her and drums her red-polished nails on my shoulders. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Upstairs there was a large attic, pleasant to play in when the rain drummed on the roof. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Moody drummed a finger on the roof rack. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The throb pulsed on, insistent, and he saw hundreds of black men and women beating drums with their fingers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The machines have stilled now, but soon, the drums will be turning and printing the news of another, competing paper. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was the assistant to the village master arts man, the one responsible for the creation of all the dances and drum rhythms. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The drums were so near that the beat crept under his skin and set his hands to twitching. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The word “trouble” drums on my ears, even with my earmuffs on. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z We undressed the prisoners and tied them until their chests were tight as drums. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Not a soul, my dear. The house is empty half the day, so come and drum away as much as you like, and I shall be obliged to you.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z They hit the drum tentatively at first, checking for tone and pitch. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z This tiny drumming, at first almost inaudible, mounts and swells, is repeated twelve . times in a continuous twelve-minute crescendo. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The Taker rocks his head to the beat, and she plays drums against the steering wheel. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Even before entering the rows of wooden stalls, her heart would pound like the chiwoda drums of her childhood dances. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Then the drums rolled loudly, and were silent. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Everybody knew him from starring in campus productions and from leading the drum majors. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My skin crawls, and suddenly what was just a smooth hip-hop song now sounds like heavy conga drums—a downbeat rhythm, like for the Petwo Iwas, the fiery spirits signaling danger ahead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Black Betha swept upriver, the sound of her oarmaster's drum thundering in her captain's head as he looked for a likely victim for her ram. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My head was a broken drum that was still getting pounded with a mallet. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He being unable to swim, he was holding tight to his drum, which held him aloft, while Clippinger thrashed at the water beside him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z All I had to do was bag my drum lessons, and I’d be saving the family eighty bucks a month. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z One of his hands dropped to his side, drumming against his side impossibly fast. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A woman in tribal garb and multiple anklets had placed a drum underneath the gushing tap, so I waited. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of drums and gongs drew near again. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His heart was beating like a drum, and his voice rose to a frightened squeak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had this huge drum feature in this Brian Setzer song called “Jump Jive an’ Wail,” and I nailed the whole thing. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She could feel Pet’s hunger drumming against the air, against her skin, inside her head. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z These drums beat out just the same rhythms. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He stayed there two weeks, dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny, to destiny itself, and despising the janitor's work with which he was to pay his way through. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Outside, in the other room, the Savage was striding up and down, marching, marching to the drums and music of magical words. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as I played the pipe and Bear beat his drum, we two cantered forward on our journey. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Membranophones are instruments in which the sound is produced by making a membrane vibrate; drums are the most familiar example. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Over the park the silence spread from the slow muffled rolling of the drums, the crunching of footsteps on the walks. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bet they were warm as toast and tight as drums down there!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He’s wearing his too-large electric guitar, playing as loud and fast as he can while the drums and bass jar the flimsy walls and low particle board ceiling of the tiny church. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The sound, not unlike the rat-a-tat-tat of parade drums, heralded Hickock’s arrival. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The drums stopped beating and the cymbals made their final bang. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z After a few months, breakfast was delivered to us in the courtyard in old metal oil drums. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the mist turned to rain and in a little while it was raining hard and we heard it drumming on the roof. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z That night he dreamt of wildlings howling from the woods, advancing to the moan of warhoms and the roll of drums. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Peruvians showed up outside the door of the converted storefront of the new office with their tall skinny drums and guitars and handmade placards that read: “Koreans Unfair.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited for Sefia and Archer, fretfully drumming the barrel of his rifle. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I know the drums do that too, but the drums are so hard and loud. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He prayed in formulas that rolled out of his brain like the beat of drums. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Especially because now she has grabbed a cue stick from the pool table and is wielding it like she’s the very proud drum major in a very proud parade. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I listen to the raindrops drumming on the windows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Koffi's heart began to drum fast and hard in her chest, and she silently swore as two men entered the study. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The drum was old, for it had different markings than those around Barrow, but like them, it was barely rusted. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing missing was steel, drum music in the background. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Dum-dum-dum-dum went the drum, the quicker you pulled the faster it beat. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Micah drums on the table with his fork and spoon. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The other three guys in the band were Ennio, who plays the drums and is considered to be this prodigy drummer, Harry on lead guitar, and Elijah on bass guitar. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He dived in and out of the lodge, snagged food wherever he could get it, fell asleep on the blankets Deydey kept spread in the corner near Fishtail and Day Thunder’s drum. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The lovely daughter of the King beautifully beats the drum. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Perpich used to drum that into them— “You are your most valuable asset. Don’t forget that. You are the best thing you have.” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z And so it was that by the time of my drum, the coal shed was haunted. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He kept staring at me, though, checking the clock, staring at me, drumming his fingers on the display case, rattling the gear inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I move my arms like him and fed the drum coming through his musde and bone, right out through my fingers, high up there in the night. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For her the drums were not an all-embracing rope of fellowship, discipline and transcendence. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I drummed my fingers on my drum, one, three, five, seven is Thursday. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I crept silently into the shed, my heart pounding like a drum. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Did that mean the girl lived in the drum? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the CD features long African drumming sessions. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the trailer Mrs. Moss drummed her fingers on the counter as she contemplated my punishment. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It was July in 1917 and the beautiful faces were cold and quiet; moving slowly into the space the drums were building for them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But what was meant came from the drums. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Micah drums his fingertips on his lunch bag. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Ellie’s hands were a blur as she banged on the drums so hard, her red mane flailing like flames all around her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z As the ferret’s drum thundered out he roared madly, “On to Redwall! Smash the gates! Kill, kill!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Someone pounds on the outer door like a sledgehammer on a metal drum. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They saw the huge drums that were used for making thunder, and the Cloud-Men beating them furiously with long hammers. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z "About drumsticks, eh? Well, just as your drumsticks belong inside your drum, and dowels will not do, so a kitten belongs with its mother, and no one else will do." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The red glare of the fire lit their faces and the draft of the furnace drummed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As the drums reached a crescendo, three of the girls leapt above the flames, spinning in the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “In the village when we dance, we always beat a drum,” Edwin said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A hundred blades dipped down into the water as the oarmaster's drum began to boom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Through a plastic-wrapped note hidden in our food drums, we learned in July of 1966 that the men in the general section had embarked on a hunger strike to protest poor conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just behind the Coalwood float, the Big Creek band marched, with me proudly playing the snare drum, one of five drummers in a line. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Our silence is broken by the echo of the dawn drums. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The high point of my day was my drum lesson. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z You can drum alone in the music room until you’re decent enough for live shows. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It sounded like a broken drum heralding the announcement of the death of a king. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I forgot all the promises I had made—before being given the drum—to improve my character and wailed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It didn’t help that rain drummed against the windows, a dreamy kind of lullaby that made it hard to concentrate. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One night she counted fifty drums on a spit in the river, and there she made camp. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But this is only a wish because my mother—the powerful mambo—is not here with her songs and prayers and drums and offerings to make it so. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I drummed on his back and sides, moving around, as she instructed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the drums called people to the good life, a way of kindness, love, and deep respect for all that lived. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z A few kids strummed on guitars or used their log as a drum set. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Students also can change their movements on a given signal, such as switching from a loco-motor to a non-loco-motor when they hear a drum beat or chime or when the music stops. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Then she kicked the oil drum to free it from the ice, rolled it close to him, and erected her tent against it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The drums beat more loudly, with a pulsing intensity. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He was smiling, his eyes bright, his hand gently drumming the steering wheel. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Four boys get up from the crowd, with mandolins and homemade drums in hand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind is blowing and beating against my window; the rattling sounds like a nervous drum. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A high-pitched howl wailed over frenetic guitar riffs, followed by booming drums. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The place seemed to echo with a deep-wilderness sound—tribal music—bamboo flutes and drums and chimes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I love the way that the bells on my ankles and wrists keep time to the mathematical rhythm of the tabla drum. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I said I would buy you a racing broom,” said his father, drumming his fingers on the counter. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I wanted him to get mad—to argue, to insist I was wrong—but instead he sat poker faced, drumming the arm of his chair with his pen. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Behind the drumming pain inside his head, he had one thought: to keep them occupied with him, to keep them away from the next ridge. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Gregor felt a pair of feet drumming angrily into his legs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The band leader, watching from his post, signals furiously for a drum roll. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I felt as if I had stood for an hour with the cold wind drumming at exposed nerves. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Keep your eyes on your opponent,” Coach has drummed into my head. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There was still nothing to be seen, though the drum kept beating. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Here, there is more smoke, more alcohol, and the conga drum voices blend with the heavy bass music. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They featured covered galleries so that merchants could buy and sell even if rain came drumming down; cellars were so large, they resembled underground cities. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z A light rain was falling, drumming softly on the tent, the trees, the ground. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They just stood there, listening to the drum. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Through the window, Nat heard a fife shrilling and the thud of a drum. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I was getting good grades in the third marking period, I was still improving rapidly on drums, I continued to be oddly popular at school. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In two hours, the dawn drums will beat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Tally drummed her fingers, wondering if they always kept uglies waiting this long. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The shed had a concrete floor and at the far end stood some empty steel drums. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z That was a run-around freedom that seem faraway to me now—freedom to make your plan, drum on the shocshine box, earn a little money, buy a chicken, read the papier. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There came a long rolling of great drums like thunder in the mountains, and then a braying of horns that shook the very stones and stunned men’s ears. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The drum, which Gey called the “whirligig,” turned like a cement mixer twenty-four hours a day, rotating so slowly it made only two full turns an hour, sometimes less. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I can’t play drums, but I do have my own drumsticks.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z It’s a skill he carries from his drum major days. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The girl marched to the beat of her own drum. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Her heart beat as quickly as a battle drum, but she knew she had no other answer. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The agent smiled; Rudy Noyes did not drum up even the faintest wisp or flicker of amusement. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z James turned a corner by the bucket man, who was still beating his makeshift drums in a frenzy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Banging his knee against the golden lard bucket he used for school lunch, he contrived a good bass drum, while his tongue fluttered sharply against his teeth to fill in snare drums and occasional trumpets. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z After ten minutes a trying to breathe and drumming my fingers on the sill, I see the car pull up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I could ask him to watch me drum. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The booming drums and clashing cymbals frightened Fern, and she clung to me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z They’d hand out leaflets and later jam their church salsa, with the guitars and tambourines and a drum set. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Artemis’s heart thumped like a snare drum in his chest. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Never mind that my heart was up in my throat pounding like runaway drums and my stomach was squeezing and screaming pain. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For a few minutes, my feet move to the beat of the drums, my arms sway to the rhythm of the song, and my heart is light and joyful. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Capricorn began drumming his fingers on the arms of his chair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Dr. Golan,” I said, my voice a whisper swallowed by the drumming rain. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Anyway, I told her about the whole money situation, and even about how I had tried to quit drum lessons. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “When everyone is talking, it feels like drums in my ears.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z There’s half a dozen empty steel drums behind the bait shack, and I roll out the four have the least rust. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z To drum up public support for the law, legal injunctions were bolstered by insidious propaganda—a formula that the Nazis would eventually bring to monstrous perfection. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly we heard the distant music of a lone bugle and then the strains of a brass band accompanied by the steady beating of African drums. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As Jonathan watched, the enemy troops continued to pace themselves to the beat of the drum. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The sound of drums and singing and clapping kept our conversation from being overheard. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It droned and drummed two or three whole tones lower than my schoolmates’ voices. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z From somewhere in the valley below comes the sound of drums. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The younger boys, whose fingers itched to show their skills, grabbed their own small drums and joined the beat. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave the drum away to a little cousin, throwing the ghost cat into the bargain. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A green and orange dragger, black in the night, grumbled and drummed past their balcony, not thirty feet from their wedding bed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It takes me a moment to realize she’s talking to me, and a moment after that to realize I’ve been drumming on the glove compartment. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I had never really thought about it before, but apparently to my friends I had two roles: “funny guy” and “drum guy.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The stove Orr was manufacturing out of an inverted metal drum stood in the middle of the smooth cement floor he had constructed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The drumming seemed to be coming from the wolfswood beyond the Hunter’s Gate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She knew Besa would be anxious to show off his skill on the drum he had carved and painted himself. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The men who delivered our drums of food were from the general section, and in the early months we managed to have whispered conversations with them in which we conveyed brief messages. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Two brightly painted but well-worn drums, the skin pulled tightly across the top, decorated with rope and beadwork. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The crowd was clapping, the drums were beating. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The drum rolls endlessly as she pulls on the sheet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Polyrhythm, as it has since been dubbed, had long existed in African tribal drumming, improvised on the spot by highly intuitive, skillful players, often in various states of trance. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “August, you’ve been wanting to learn to play the drums,” Mom said, trying to get me to look at her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Baba played this singers songs in his car when I was little, and I loved hearing the drums and clapping. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z With his first check for overtime work, Willie bought himself a bass drum and a pair of cymbals. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything in the world had a strong rattle, sharp and short like Stew Beef vibrating the drum head near the edge with his fingers. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z In the distance he heard a murmur of voices and a drum. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The god Shiva was both creator and destroyer of the world and was depicted with the drum of creation in one hand and a flame of destruction in another. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Young adults with this kind of intelligence are usually singing or drumming to themselves. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z As soon as she left, balancing the dripping drum on her head without holding it with her hands, I shoved Maria underneath the tap and turned it on full blast. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z All that week and the next and the next and the next, I drummed up and down, up and down, up and down the yard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Geryon was flipping burgers on a huge barbecue cooker made from an oil drum. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But how do you tell this to your drum teacher after five years together? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z All of us banging drums or buckets or whatever we could find and then shaking hands and smiling and talking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z His empty stomach rumbled almost as loudly as the drum. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He drummed his fingernails against the steering wheel. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z At dusk the drums of calamity began; their grave, throbbing rhythm came clearly through the night, throughout the night, each beat, each tattoo, echoing the mighty impotence of our human endeavour. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z If you can, listen to a percussion player or section that is using snare drums, cymbals, or other percussion of the same type but different sizes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z All the while Herman E. Calloway and the Thug kept everything moving by making the drums and the giant fiddle pound out a soft steady beat, like someone’s heart turned way up loud. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It felt like little quakes of anxiety and excitement were vibrating under his skin, and Wylan seated next to him drumming frenetically on his kneecaps wasn’t helping him settle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then came the drums, heavy on the cymbals. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Being a strong, motivated, hardened American soldier was drummed into Oshiro and every member of the Special Forces until they were the elite force the army expected. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Slowly, my left hand patting Schwarz to encourage a hiatus in her meowing, I worked the top off my drum with my right hand. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The Thug was brushing his sticks across the round gold metal thing next to his drums and making it sound like a soft rain was commencing to fall on someone’s tin roof. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The girl was tottering forward, bent at the waist, one arm draped protectively across the taut drum of her belly, the shape of which was visible through her burqa. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Was this the only true history of the times, a mood blared by trumpets, trombones, saxophones and drums, a song with turgid, inadequate words? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And when the band was silent the drum corps beat the time on drums with muffled heads. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re...in...the...Dol...drums,” wailed a voice that sounded far away. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He rests his hands on his belly, drumming a slow beat on his waistcoat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There was a rise of voices in question, a drum of running feet and the men burst into the barn. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Lester used only his tail, bringing it down with great force and seriousness upon the drum. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He was about to walk over to the crown when the star touched his arm and said, "Wait. Do you hear drums?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Her mind drummed: He is under all those horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The beat throbbed through her, drumming her entirely alive and eager. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z You practice playing drums on it, because it feels a lot like playing on a real drumhead. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Like most drums, they don't have a particular pitch, but make more of a "noise"-type sound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The brass horns and booming drums marched the soldiers onto army trucks covered in the same green material as their uniforms and army bags. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He checks his hair in the rearview mirror, examines the start of a pimple on his chin, puts his hood up, and slouches in the seat, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I kept track of who would give the sermon each night, and I made sure the worshipers had tambourines and drums. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have reached my decision, Harry Potter,” said the goblin, who was sitting cross-legged in a low chair, drumming its arms with his spindly fingers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The young women leap and whirl around the fire, their battle cries now mixing with the music of drums and rattles. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z People were coming into the square from all sides, and down the street we heard the pipes and the fifes and the drums coming. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It drummed in his brain with the scream of the wind. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We began to remonstrate; but he walked away, calling orders, and we heard Olakunde’s drum bidding us fall in. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He was slouched down childishly low against the door, staring straight ahead and drumming on the armrest with his fingers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As the drumming and choral singing intensified, they crouched slightly and stepped more quickly, moving together with precision. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z His lawyer claimed the police were harassing people in the neighborhood, trying to drum up shaky evidence and confessions. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The one thing that had been drummed into all their heads from the moment they were able to understand was that you never seriously argued with elders. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I drum my fingers anxiously on the keyboard, and squint at my reflection in the screen while my computer starts up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z By the light of a flash I could see a row of fuel drums mounted on racks. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He drummed his large fingers on the suitcase, just beside the three small dimples. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z People flood into the post office, carrying giant drums and flutes and tubas, blasting a somewhat off-key rendition of that Bruno Mars song “Marry You.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Hermione drummed her fingers on the table, her eyes flickering between Ron and the bar. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was a drum machine making its lumbering way down the street Wide as a house, it shimmered with the movement of its dozens of mechanical arms, bashing away at every size of drum. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As we headed home people said to one another: “This paraffin drum will keep the family going for months.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Cersei had managed to buy herself three hollow drums; they would make all the fierce booming sounds she required, but there was nothing inside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Line by line, row by row, the fantastic men in their wild colors were descending straight at me, trotting, their feet pounding the earth like someone beating a vast drum. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The only times all week when I truly felt all right were the times when I was playing the drums. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Will Bates was drummed out of Carter and reassigned to teach industrial arts in a middle school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Pagan drums, ethereal choirs, tribal chanting, wailing lamentations, guttural snarls, unnatural howls, and piercing screams united in relentless disharmony. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The rain was falling harder now, beating the roof of the refectory like the drums of war, running down the sluices in torrents. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A woman with kind eyes produced two goatskin drums. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Hughie Smith rolled his drum, and the police officers stopped traffic to let the kids cross Main Street. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Overseers feared the slaves were using drums to send messages and spread thoughts of rebellion. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z There happened to be a Boy Scout drum and bugle corps located in the housing project next to ours. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z One man whose brethrenship never wavered was the Honorable Percy Sutton, my father’s attorney and a perpetual drum for our family, who approached the podium at the Apollo. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There was another pause, and then a marching music began like solemn drums, and above the rolling beats and booms there welled voices singing high and strong. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A young fellow somersaulted backward from the cart to the sound of drumming, while a fat man wearing a red jerkin and bells on his trousers danced a jig, and another played the tabor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Another hovercar roared over them, and he pulled her around the comer of the building and down behind a drum that collected rainwater from the gutters. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And the beat of my heart was not my heart, I finally figured out, but the drums. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I greeted Private Olakunde and praised him for the excellence of his performances upon his drum, for which he thanked me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I pushed further into the crowd of people, who were now clapping louder, in time with the drums. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z This wasn’t just any old drum teacher, either. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And what was our own favorite member of the mouse community doing while the sound of the Mouse Council drum echoed through the walls of the castle? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z A bass guitar’s slow notes intertwined with a saxophone’s glee, creating a jazz-funk, strut-like rhythm, soon joined by trumpets and drums. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z My heart pounds so loud, it’s like the beating drums from Jumanji. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I heard the familiar sound of drums and gongs and looked out the window. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sound of drums up ahead, and the squeal of trumpets, his curiosity drove even his anxieties from his mind. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I could hear my heart drumming in my ears, but I told myself this plan would work out. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His heart pounded until the blood drummed in his ears. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh bang the drum slowly and play the fife lowly . The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The drum punctuated each line and drove it home. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z And so it was that in less than a month's time, I had a drum but no drumsticks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Chris steps out his Chucks and sits at his desk, where a drum pad, a keyboard, and turntables are hooked up to a Mac. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, at school, I still kept plowing along, practicing drums, writing journals, completely bagging all of my homework assignments, and faking human interaction with the people around me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We would take our catch and pile it into the second drum. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This time they brought a telescope and a magnifying glass the size of a drum, which they exhibited as the latest discovery of the Jews of Amsterdam. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z From the dining-room window where she stood, with the wind in her hair, Rahel could see the rain drum down on the rusted tin roof of what used to be their grandmother’s pickle factory. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z X-Ray was sitting at a table, his fingers drumming nervously. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z There’s a Brazilian samba she stamps to in bare feet, waving her arms until she is flushed ^nd exuberant with the rhythm of the drums. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The heavy dragon marched on its thousands of feet, and now above the drums came the shrilling of the fifes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sammy knocked at the door, using a shining brass knocker that drummed nicely on the oaken door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The darkness crept down and the rain drummed on the steel roof of the cab and the windshield wipers sobbed their arcs. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Like those thundering drums, their hearts were booming through their sad green uniforms. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z My pulse pounded like drums against every inch of my skin. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The strong soldiers lifted the horse in a wooden tub, while it danced to the stone drums and flute music. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z So Nicole learned traditional Nigerian drumming, which she didn’t totally rock at but it wasn’t like the judges knew anything about Nigerian drumming anyway. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Other types of music, such as traditional Western African drumming, may have very complex meters that can be difficult for the beginner to identify. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Pull it and hear the drum beat,” said the wily man, holding out the string to Puli, and how could he resist it, who was only a child, when I myself was enchanted! Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z How the piano and xylophone, the cymbals and drums hold them up like a base color. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking of trying a new instrument. Like drums. Dad’s kit is down in the basement gathering dust.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess he was listening to records because he had his arm across the seat and was beating his hand up and down like it was a drum. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered clearly the urine running down and into her stockings until she learned how to squat properly; the disgust on the face of the dead woman and the sound of the funeral drums. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z His heart pounded in his chest in time to the drums, and under his layers of leather and steel his brow was cold with sweat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ramen noodles, beef jerky, dried shrimp, butter biscuits, tamarind pods, canned fish, and drums and drums of real water. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Now that he was dead, they marked his passage to another plane in impersonal and almost tribal fashion—chanting, weaving mandalas, beating on drums, performing their own inscrutable and mysterious rites. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Just the drums and the Colored Boy Scouts passing out explanatory leaflets to white men in straw hats who needed to know what the freezing faces already knew. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His strength had left him; and in a few moments the sound of drumming hoofs grew fainter and died away. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It sounded like the infernal spawn of a Persian drum beat and a dozen Celtic fiddles. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Noah is drumming on his textbook pages, rapping like he’s Alexander Hamilton. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I sighed, and I was drumming my fingers on the steering column and all. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond that, he heard the tap-tapping of the drum, the nagging, relentless curl of the fife. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z She drummed her fingers on the plastic tablecloth. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A sound of subterranean flute playing came up and was almost lost in the steady remorseless persistence of the drums. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I drummed with my fingers on the desk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My pulse was a hand drum in the cradle of my gut. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Cars splash along streets, and snowmelt drums through runnels; she can hear snowflakes tick and patter through the trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Colonel much preferred her for hacking about Boston, but she was not yet well trained for drums and volleys. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Curtain was drumming his fingers on the desk and regarding Reynie in silence. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They beat the drums and strum the mandolins while their feet tap the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Muslim sticks like a leech, drumming at his old junkie buddy, “You’re hooked, man! ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As I climbed into the boat, my stomach felt tight as a drum. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A tugboat sounds mournfully, pulling its cargo of oil drums. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The cheerful tinkle of steel drums now mixed with Luno’s odd piggish grunts, the wiry stranger swinging a deck mop with painful accuracy. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Rod is in his late twenties, plays drums in a Pogues-type, Irish-trad-punk band, and, if the rumors are true, deals a little himself, only not on the streets. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, a faint, ponderous beating of drums called. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The sound of the band came from Lighthouse Avenue, the drums echoing back from the buildings. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The drums kept on pounding and the pipes were going. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The marching band sets out just ahead of us, complete with trumpets and trombones and drums and cymbals. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Forewarned of the visitors’ arrival by drum and messenger, Indians awaited them behind trees and in concealed canoes, shot fusillades of poisoned arrows, then withdrew. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "That's a fine drum," the man observed, "and a good, sturdy strap." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z After she was in the trundle bed that night, Laura lay and listened to the rain drumming on the roof and streaming from the eaves, and she thought about what Pa had said. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She asks who plays what, and Spike says she plays everything, and Lara says she plays the drums, and Tanasia obviously plays guitar. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I actually think you could make decent money, you know? And then you could spend it on a drum kit. It would be perfect.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z On the roof of the abandoned factory, the lonely drummer drummed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sit down at the drum set Go ahead. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “They let me borrow some of the school drums. I've been teaching myself.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z There were no bands, drums, or trumpets, just the beat of the hooves and the footsteps of the officers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I love feeling the beat of the drums in my body and letting go of everything as I dance. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z All around them, men and women hurled their hats in the air, poured onto the track, drummed on the rails, and slapped one another on the back. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And then—flutes and tinkling cymbals, a sounding gong and drums! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Street musicians banged their drums while dancers jigged around the dusty road. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He hath two drums now, one of his own making, and one issued by the Army, upon which he beats out the music and signals of the white men, our officers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But a moment later his face disappeared from the window and there was the sound of a tremendous drumming of hoofs inside the van. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He started to drum his fingers again, faster, trying to use the counts to center himself and quell what he knew was coming next. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The windows still blinked with the blue-red flash of the dance, and the low bass thumped loud enough to drum out into the night air. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t even patent the roller drum, which is still used today and could have made him a fortune. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The mukhtar opened his stores to hand out a generator and diesel drum to every inner courtyard in our district. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Matt’s voice, to his horror, boomed out like a bass drum. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Their instruments include an accordion, a bass guitar, a tuba, and bongo drums. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I got it in — swish! — and sat down at the drum set. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the fingers I was using to smack that little kid drum. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Natalie drummed her fingers against the wall, ending with a dramatic thump. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When I first started playing the cello, Dad was still playing drums in his band, though that all started to taper off a couple years later when Teddy arrived. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran to find them, my heart pounding like a drum. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I can’t even explain how it felt like with all those drums. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Captain Reed drummed his fingers on the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Reynaud purposely fastened hit tilting helm—the huge straw-padded drum which sometimes fitted over the helmet proper—so that it was loose. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He tapped his fingers on the wooden table, drumming out a rhythm with them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The two men stood at either end of the gunnel roller, Art with one shoe on the beaver paddle and Abel Martinson staring at the net webbing as it traveled slowly toward the drum. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As they passed over it, Minli saw the smooth water wave with gentle ripples and heard what sounded like faint drumming. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Sleet drummed slantwise at the great rigid envelope of the craft, making a noise that almost drowned the clatter and howl of the straining engines, and obscuring the view of the ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But there is no preparing for vipers on the doorstep and drums in the forest, calling up an end to a century of affliction. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He drums his fingers against the table and purses his lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Time magazine was just one of many media outlets beating the geopolitical drum. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z With her heart thudding like bass drums in her ears, she looked around. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They are playing Mozart, but with a weird, dissonant arrangement of mandolins, accordions and a snare drum. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Ralph’s heart rumbled like a Peking Opera drum; it was the crescendo before — crash of the cymbals! — a hero appeared. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Minerva hummed and drummed out an old song on her flannel thighs throughout it all. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z With his free hand, Ekon drummed his fingers against his side, finding an old rhythm as he chanted his ancestors’ words in time with it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Through breakfast and then bathing in the onsen, Du Barry's words drum through me like a vibration whose ripple won't stop. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She had plans for the drum to beat the rats! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Nico explains that the keys are programmed to the sampler of a drum kit he loaded earlier. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He listened for him—chuttering, chirping, anything—but all he heard was the drumming of his own heart. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Her chest was as flat as the top of a drum. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Snapping drums, a flexing of sound, and a high threading of guitar over a smoother cadence and then the man sang. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Four guitars rest against the side of the drums. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the rain drums I seemed to hear voices, as though a crowd of people muttered and mumbled offstage. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He drums his fingers on the table while the other policeman examines Helena’s magazine cuttings on the wall beside the bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I brush the damp blond strands of hair back from his forehead, find the pulse drumming against my fingers at his neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Always, in the near distance, sacred drums were sounding. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z At dawn the funeral drums begin, and soon after our friends and neighbours come. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The drums kept him awake all night, he guessed, or someone has displeased him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The drums sound better at a distance,” Dadi said like she always does, and rushed us out the door. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Maybe then I’d pick up a new instrument, guitar or bass, or even drums. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With each step, she’d fallen into a cadence, a steady drumming rhythm that began in her feet and worked its way up her ribs until her heartbeat attuned to it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Pushing his body on and on until everything had been drummed out of his mind. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was like the beat of a great drum, or a thousand drums, and the more I ran, the louder it became. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z And they yell over the singers that wail over the drums, everybody talking at once, big arm gestures, spit flying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ekon’s heart pounded like a goatskin drum as they followed him into the temple. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Across the aisle Alvin Hooks rested his chin in his hands, drumming the floorboards with the heel of his shoe, impatient but not dissatisfied. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The violins are hundreds of shimmering gold lights, the horns are cubes of green, and the drums are a bright aqua blue. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Here and there in the vacant lots were metal cylinders, like oil drums, that had been fixed in the ground and were silently venting smoke. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The Hessians moved closer yet, their lines unbroken, their bayonets thrust forward, their drum pounding, their fife screaming. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z This year, however, my mom and dad would be cancanning it around Paris instead of listening to the bang of our American drums. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Isn’t it ridiculous, after all, to think that a son could forgive his father for beating the drum that sent him to his death? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Then I turn on the drum and cha-cha beats, and I move into a jazzy, funky piece that I’ve been working on. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Instead, he closes his eyes and drums out a beat on the glass using the tips of his fingers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It drummed on the roof, it splattered on the ground, it rattled softly among the trees. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the loner digs a well and a cesspool, and plants a small garden, but others transport their water in fifty-gallon oil drums. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I even bother drumming. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He was welcoming the crowds with folksy numbers he played on the instruments—washboard, harmonica, drums, cymbals—lashed to various parts of his body. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We headed right for the bandsmen’s tents, where we liberated some of their little drums. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Toxic and hazardous wastes were stored in another: corner of the dump, where you could find old batteries, oil drums, paint cans, and bottles with skulls and crossbones. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The mouse council, thirteen honored mice and one Most Very Honored Head Mouse, heeded the call of Lester's drum and gathered in a small, secret hole off King Phillips throne room. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He drummed his thick fingers on the armrest. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was then that Jonathan first heard the distant tapping of the drum. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The soft drum of rain muffled their voices, but they were still close enough to shore for people to hear them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z There would be a risk at least of drums and shooting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There were painted oil drums for garbage, and picnic tables, and sometimes fireplaces or barbecue pits. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Walrus tusks gleamed and drums, harpoons, and man’s knives decorated the walls. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Radios, maybe one per hundred thousand residents. No telephones. Newspapers as scarce as hen’s teeth, and a literacy rate made to match. They get their evening news by listening to their neighbors’ drums.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides losing his appetite and his drum, Grandpa always said the War cost him half his left arm. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The two spoke in their own language, as meaningless to her as drums or birdsong. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As long as he played the drum, he knew that there was nothing that the strange animal could do to harm him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z While this was happening, the boy had the time to reach up for his drum from the branch of the fruit tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z At the same time we were both getting all this attention together with the drum and bugle corps. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “No,” she grumbled, drumming her fingers on the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He sat hunched over at the table, angrily drumming with his fingers. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The boys made the drums from empty tin cans of Nido, a powdered milk drink made by Nestle. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Zola says to Vinny, “If you want to bang on something, why don’t you bang on some drums?” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z As one of the general prisoners wheeled a drum of food toward us, he whispered, “Verwoerd is dead.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think I could borrow that drum kit?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Helmuth hates the drums, hates how they quicken his blood, how they belie his true feelings and try to convince him that war is good. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z After a while—faintly at first and then louder—came the shrilling of fifes and rat-a-tat-tat of the drums. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But he hadn’t been particularly interested in any of that; his big goal for the evening was to shout out, “Yay, Steven! THAT’S MY BROTHER!” every time I hit a drum. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She drummed her black fingernails on the glass counter. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It filled the night air as if it had been only waiting for Meggie's footsteps: strange music, a carnival mixture of bells, pipes, and drums, both boisterous and sad. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He blew into the harmonica, strummed the guitar, thumped the great drum, and clashed the brass cymbals. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she brought me a noisy drum and once a watercolor set and paintbrushes of different thicknesses for expressing the grand and fine things in the world. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The drums stopped beating, life seemed to have come to an end. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at the little houses surrounded by boats, oil drums, tires, buckets, broken cars, and rags and bags, and happily followed her new parents home. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Several other women were already rising to the beginning sounds of the drums. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Daddy just drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, over and over again, tapping out some melody I couldn’t hear. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Tristan Rivers drummed his fingers on his knee. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "It's a drum," I said, bringing it round from my hip to in front of me, "but I've lost the drumsticks." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The drums were too penetrating, though, and blocked the sounds even of Pinch’s pain. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I lie in my bed, wide awake, listening to the faint sound of drums coming from Madrina’s basement. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Good thing my drum lesson was canceled, because I wasn’t sure I’d regain the feeling in my hand for a few days. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The drums beat louder, but the air grew quiet and full of menace. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I drummed with my fingers on the table, uncertain of myself and of him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z For he dropped his drum and his hand went right to his dagger. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The day I wandered into the coal shed looking for trouble I had the drum on my hip and two little dowels for drumsticks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And when Uncle played the albums Cecile had left behind—the ones with piano, bass, drums, and smooth-voiced Sarah Vaughan—in my mind, smoke still filled the house. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom pulls out of her parking spot and starts drumming her thumbs against the steering wheel as she inches through the traffic to exit. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z All his friends, woken up by this cry, leapt to their feet and ran towards the fence of tree trunks, beating drums and shouting threats at the lion. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Looping the rope’s end around the old water-butt that had been the ferret’s drum, she sprang inside, calling up to the parapet, “Haul away, Constance.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I walked to where the rest of the band waited by the drum kit. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Someone was playing a drum in the fight yard. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z His whispers swirled and grew until they sounded like shouts and drumming and stomping feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Villagers heard her cries and quickly sounded the drum—not the fast, rhythmic beat for dances or ceremonies, but something slow and serious. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The Odessa High drum corps marched around the stadium doing rolls with joyous, gyrating turns. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It drowned out the sound of the drums. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And yet still, as he stole close, his heart pounded in his chest and the blood thudded in his ears like beach drums. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z At first all I could hear was the heavy drum roll sound of hooves; then I began to hear voices of men shouting and the jingling of harness. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my face in my hands, hoping to drown out the drums, the horns, the shouting. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I haven’t—” “Don’t lie! Remember that drum set you begged me to buy. Why did you want it, Starr?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Bystanders shouted out their good wishes to her over the pounding of bass drums and flutes piping “Yankee Doodle” as our family watched the town’s Fourth of July parade from a set of bleachers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z After the meal, the villagers started playing drums, and we all joined hands and danced in circles under the moonlight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z His heart beat with every stroke of the drum; the soldiers advanced to the self-same sound. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z People are beginning to shout at the squad cars, drum on the window glass and the trunks. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As they crossed over, the ancestors played mbiras and drums from the depths of the water, and after they had passed, the river came together again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dram, boy,” somebody say, and they push me through the people to the tall drum. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The King stopped suddenly and drummed his glittering fingers on the stone table. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He still held the string between the stumps of his fingers, and kept yanking at it as if the drumming was sweet to his ears. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She loved to watch Besa stare into space, smiling as he drummed, lost in the rhythms he created. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the rattle of drums, with the shouts of officers, and off the ships poured a flood, scarlet as a tide of blood. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy drums the mahogany surface of the dining table, making a thump-thump-thump beat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The crowd was roaring deep in its gut, ocean waves that lapped at the ring, that drowned all pain and all feeling, drowned all sound but the drumming of leather against flesh. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The drumming of the rain against the hoods of their cages had the ravens squawking and fluttering. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The rowers bent their strong backs while a lad up beside the master beat the stroke on a drum. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But Chasca quickly abandoned herself to the now rapidly beating drums. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z There was a drum kit set up, as well as a few acoustic and electric guitars. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z They are greedy, reckless words, loose and infuriating, but hard to dismiss because underneath, holding up the looseness like a palm, are the drums that put Fifth Avenue into focus. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I went on drumming with my fingers on the desk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was impossible to keep the Fifth Avenue drums separate from the belt-buckle tunes vibrating from pianos and spinning on every Victrola. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Doom, boom, doom went the drums in the deep. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Kneel!” another soldier ordered as the pounding of drums became even louder. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "A young lady señorita," her mother pronounced the first morning Carla set out by herself, her heart drumming in her chest. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And then, to a rising drum roll, she starts shuffling her feet, rolling the ball forward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Our great event for counterfeit Easter Sunday was a pageant, organized by Father and whoever else could drum up the enthusiasm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When the drums of breakfast porridge were wheeled into the courtyard, the warders commanding the work crew ordered the men out of the yard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard a number of sounds layered behind him—drums, a keyboard playing cosmic notes, and something low, like a saxophone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The man’s laughter was lost in the drum of horse’s hooves striking the earth. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were playing the riau-riau music, the pipes shrill and the drums pounding, and behind them came the men and boys dancing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Bobbito is drumming a solo, and more people are trickling in. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Bells rang and drums beat a stately cadence as they marched along the godsway. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The rain drummed all night on the steel roof overhead. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z And then the dark became his father beating the drum. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z They ran up the stairs; their bare feet drumming against the wood, their laughter announcing their arrival at their parents’ door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He flicks a light switch, revealing drum sets and horns. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Ivette leaned back on the bed, her body moving in rhythm with the song’s mix of bongo drums and the distinct hollow sound of the claved. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The steel drums were on the money and when Big Joe showed up with a portable barbecue grill everything was everything. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly the energy left her, and her hands began to move in slow arcs, soothing and sensuous, the wild drums silent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was drama here, I can tell them—thousands upon thousands of us crossing the Rappahannock with banners flying, drums rolling, and our instruments of death gleaming in the sunlight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z My mouth tastes like copper, and my heart starts drumming, and when I get off the bus and start running, right away I'm thinking of all the ways I can sneak into the house. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The drum of hoofbeats echoing off flagstone jerked him to his feet, chains rattling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jody himself would be busy driving around from town to town telling people about Eatonville and drumming up citizens to move there. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Angela’s name pulsed beneath the hushed conversations like a muted drum. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s been so long since I’ve heard drums as music that I instinctively try to translate the beats into orders and find myself bewildered when I cannot. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Two of the men had cowhide drums suspended by leather straps from their necks, and two of the women had pairs of tambourines. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z People were looting all around, making off with drums of paraffin, bags of mealie meal, carcasses of beef still dripping blood, Primus stoves, boxes of canned goods, loaves of bread and so on. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound, following the river’s course, rolled like the beat of a jungle drum. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The demon hissed and batted the drum away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As her eyes followed it, they came to rest on an oil drum, the signpost of American civilization in the North. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her feet trembled as if tapping to a wildly beating drum. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My heart began to beat like a merry drum and blood started flowing through my veins like cars from a wedding party honking their way through town. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Perform an energetic rhythm on a drum to engage children to move or prepare for a more rigorous physical transition. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I barely hear her over the ceaseless beating of the drums, which are ordering all graduates to the armory to pick up our ceremonials— the armor of a full Mask. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Your total comes to eleven thousand big ones. Just put your thumb on the drum and we’ll get you all fixed up.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I was roused from my reverie by the sound of a drum commanding retreat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He is drumming his fingers silently against his knees. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z As the boy played his drum faster and faster, the strange animal danced more and more quickly. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Mullet Fingers had lasted less than forty-eight hours under the same roof with Lonna, who’d spent most of that time on the telephone trying to drum up more TV interviews. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He presses a hand to his chest, drumming jeweled fingernails. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She picked up a padded stick and struck a nearby bass drum six times. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The muffled drums now beating, now steadily rolling, spread a dead silence upon the air, a prayer tor the unknown soldier. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They hit you if you wave brooms around or drop chopsticks or drum them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A distant woodpecker drummed against a rotten log. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The night crackles electrically, the front thunders like a concert of drums. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the drum, and me and Rondell started hitting each side of it with the rhythm. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Terror washed over him as he lay on the floor, with that funeral drum pounding inside him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Farther south he could hear someone idling, the sound of net unraveling from a drum, a boat under way at a crawl. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Ten thousand trumpets and twenty thousand drums could not have made as much noise as that bolt of lightning; it was positively deafening. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He drums the beat on the steering wheel, and then we turn into this little town that is just a couple blocks long. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then with the dying hum of the furiously whirling drums, I heard the grains sifting lazily in the sudden stillness, sliding sand-like down the chute into the pot underneath. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The drums marched ahead, and there was music on the fifes, and behind the men who carried the coffin walked the wife and two children.... The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z All the snow-bridges that the blizzard may have laid across crevasses are gone, shaken down, knocked in by this drumming and jumping of the ice and the earth beneath the ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Raskin played in his high school band—clarinet, trombone, and drums “with equal ineptitude,” he wrote. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It cascaded over the shiny streets, drummed the tops of cars, and pooled in dark curbside gullies. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He blocked the doors with the drums and built a fire in the floor and he made beds out of some flattened cardboard boxes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Hundreds of drums getting smacked at the same time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I could still hear the drums echoing in my head from the previous night, but I refused to be happy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z So there’s a video deep in the depths of YouTube of the three of us lip-syncing to the Jonas Brothers and pretending to play guitars and drums in Hailey’s bedroom. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Tom Bombadil! and with that name his voice seemed to grow strong: it had a full and lively sound, and the dark chamber echoed as if to drum and trumpet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His fingers drummed against the side of the hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Just how crazy is he?” asked Jesper, fingers drumming on the pearl handles of his revolvers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A chaos of men and women press against the glass, drumming and beating each window. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But her attraction came largely from his kindness to her, and the thought of a man—any man—touching her as the baby drummed her heels within filled her with repulsion. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “First thing, I’ll hire a fife and drum and have a one-man parade down Derby Street!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When the curfew drums beat, all I want is sleep. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Steady Eddie started snapping his fingers real soft, in time with the piano and the drum, his toothpick jumping right along with his fingers. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Whenever the sound of the king’s drum was heard, villagers threw down their tools and ran out to salute him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I drummed my fingers against the keyboard, wondering what to say. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z As the Regulars neared the town center, they could hear drums beating in the distance. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat at the table and drummed his fingers. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She drummed her finger against the tabletop hard with every point she made. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z As usual, drumming was my big escape from all this reality stuff. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When he and Annabeth started dating, his mother had drummed it into his head: It’s good manners to walk your date to the door. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For a second my heart thudded in my chest like the war drums in the Ridge. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Reverend Price began to speak in his deep, heavy voice, the words booming out like beats on a muffled drum. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched the black unblinking men, and the drums assured her that the glow would never leave her, that it would be waiting for and with her whenever she wanted to be touched by it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Violins, horns, drums, speeches—a mouth against a microphone in some faraway yet simultaneous evening—the sorcery of it holds him rapt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z ‘Are those their drums? I began to think I was imagining them, as no one else seemed to take any notice of them.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was one on an accordion, another on a fiddle, and a third was miscellaneous on maracas and triangle and drums when needed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the drum major saw the car and shook his cane-baton at me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z What the band needed was drums, not trumpet. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Pain echoes through my skull like drum beats. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Four rats lay dead near the wall, and Killconey’s drum stood unattended in the road. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At the same exact time someone banged a drum one terrible boom, and a flash of red and yellow powder exploded and popped and hissed all ’long the front of the stage. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z And how could I judge significance in a drum unless at least one grownup clapped her hands over her ears? How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Her ankles flopped against the hardwood, and she bent her arms into a pillow under her head and slept, the bass from the music drumming into her bones through the floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The procession rolled slowly, the beat of the march measured by drums wrapped in crepe. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart was beating so fast, I could hear it like a drum in my ears. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A drummer stood in the middle and gently tapped on the deer-hide drum under his right arm. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z As miserable as the slashing rain pellets felt drumming against his eyes and nose, Fred couldn’t help but smile as he and the others trudged onward. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The sunset drums thunder as we emerge from the barracks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We heard the whistle of fifes on the green and the rattle of cheap drums. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A small abandoned bonfire in an oil drum makes an alley glow. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Borne on the wind, the cloudburst drummed hollowly on the fat wet hills across the valley and moved out over the flat lands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He leaped, dodged, and headed for the oil drum. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The quiet was as powerful as the drum of hail had been moments before. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The young women and men played drums and mbiras, but they didn’t seem joyful. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z BAM, BAM, BAM and another drum roll, and the bands struck up “Dixie.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He and his company went on, their weapons clinking, chain-mail jangling, solemn and ominous as drums. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not interrupt her until late in the afternoon, when he could no longer bear the echo of the bass drum that was tormenting his head. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And, with a fanfare of trumpets and drums, they stated in order that: “Henceforth,” “And forthwith,” “Let it be known by all men,” “That Rhyme and Reason,” “Reign once more in Wisdom.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I pondered that for about seven-tenths of a second before finally going downstairs to play drums until “dinner.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Doom, doom it rolled again, as if huge hands were turning the very caverns of Moria into a vast drum. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His drumming fingers stilled, and his gaze wandered to the waterway running along the teahouse promenade. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At six o’clock, the guests would arrive at the ball, with trumpets playing and drums beating a welcome. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As they whirled around the bonfire she caught sight of the musicians with their pipes and drums, dressed like jokers in pointed caps with long gold tassels and jingling bells. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew my drum teacher, Mr. Stoll, was going to be pretty impressed with my progress. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mom had Teddy, Dad was still playing drums in the same band he’d been in since college. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so paralyzed I couldn’t move, but Rachel threw a snare drum at the empousa’s head. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Stood there in our front yard with the sun burning down on my neck, sweat running down my forehead, my whole body tight as a drum. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z This much is for sure, nobody was pounding on drums or stewing up a goat for us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE: Although percussion specializes in "noise"-type sounds, even instruments like snare drums follow the basic physics rule of "bigger instrument makes longer wavelengths and lower sounds." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She stopped every three or four paces, staring silently at the carved lovers, and the processions of elephants, and the topless female musicians beating on two-sided drums. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Blazing torches whirled from hand to hand to the beat of drums and the trilling of a flute. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Abel rubbed the sleep from his eyes, took up his lute, and launched into “The Domishman’s Wife,” whilst one of his washerwomen beat time on her drum. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He drummed his steering wheel with his forefingers and bit his lower lip as if he was suddenly in deep thought. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In a moment, I heard a splash on one side of the raft and then Timothy’s feet began drumming the water. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivy sank onto the other bed, facing her dad, her heart a bass drum in her chest. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At last, bugles blared, drums rolled, and the parade began. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere, not far away, he heard a drum beat. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I walk over to one of the drums. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z By the time the sky began to lighten the sound of drums had faded away, though warhoms were heard thrice more, each time a little closer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The orange gadget must have been some sort of a camera or scanner—that was the only explanation I could drum up that Chubs didn’t shoot down as being moronic. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And he drums his hands across my shins, and we talk about everything. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z During the slow march of summer days I was aware, as one is aware of a drum steadily beating across a lake, of something unspooling itself in the bodies of my campmates. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z See the concrete bam where workers live, the small church with tall voodoo drums for calling spirit, the wash flapping, women roasting peanuts, men slapping dominoes, pigs running here and there. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The music died away in a nervous stammering of drums. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But this is drumming, and I know drumming. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Then far away, but coming nearer and nearer down along Menotomy road, he heard the throb of a drum. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On the night in question he’d checked the Islanders engine oil and quickly greased the net drum’s reel drive before putting out for Ship Channel Bank in the hour just before dusk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “You said something was strange,” said Mr. Curtain, drumming his fingers upon a great, thick book in his lap. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Anything living that could abandon its home, some of our neighbors included, had migrated westward, in the direction from which we heard drums every night. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As he writhed slowly on his back near the coals, his heart pounded a steady beat like a distant drum. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z My senses switched, and the sound of the drums became the taste of the drink. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He played drums in a band when he was my age, and had big-time plans of hitting the road like Ringo Starr and the Beatles, and doing shows across the country. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I close the door behind me, my heart thumping loud and hard and steady like a drum. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z No, not drums—the sounds of thousands of marching feet. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Jeffrey has known from an early age that the worst possible thing he can do to me is to touch my drum stuff. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z His hypnotic drum beats may have sounded repetitive but were in fact comprised of endlessly modifying patterns. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Her heart is a steel drum, turned sideways on the ground. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Every time I hear drums and gongs, I’m afraid that they’re coming to our house. My heart starts racing, and the closer they come, the worse it gets. “ Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I love the way her rough voice vibrates through the air like a beat on a drum. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z No real explanations for their presence had been given yet, but with the exchange of gifts, the feeling of unease began to lessen and everyone knew that the dancing and drumming would soon begin. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The prince climbed the rock and stood watching as his servants mournfully played their drums and mbiras. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a giant bongo drum with a screw-off top and a spigot at the bottom. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z A moment after my skin meets the rock, the sunset drums boom out. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A man went before them, pounding out a slow, deep-throated marching rhythm on a drum that was bigger than he was, boom, boom, boom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The drumming of his feet on the floor echoed throughout the darkened house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the side of my head; it was bruised and swollen, and something pounded like tribal drums inside my ears. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And the way the surf comes up and over my shoes and then goes down again is in a rhythm, like music or drumming. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I could not believe that there had been music stands in the minstrels' gallery, and a band playing there, a man with a fiddle, a man with a drum. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Tidings’s voice drummed up the stairs, sounding as commanding as General Robert E. Lee’s at Gettysburg: “It’s nine o’clock! Visitation’s at three! Let’s move-move-move! Where are the hedge clippers, Mama?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z One of his brothers had a drum set, and the Warden okayed PJ.’s owning a large aquarium. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She turned the cassette player on, nodding to the polyphonic beat of drums. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z His voice rose suddenly to a scream, and he sat up, still asleep, drumming his legs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Dropped on the hut’s concrete floor, they clanged and clattered like leg-shaped drums. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z A few drops fell, and suddenly the drums broke out again into a panic of hurrying notes; there was a great shout. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Seth was already seated in one of the oversized chairs, drumming his fingers on the armrest. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Imagine having your skin used to make a drum! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The music in the hall rose to a crescendo, the beat of drums and the whine of the nadhaswaram so loud, we could catch the sound. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Micah asks, drumming the cafeteria table with a plastic knife and fork. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z There were three regiments, whose march in time to a galley drum made the earth tremble. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But then I made the mistake of telling Taylor about Nick’s drum kit—the one he can’t even play—which made Taylor realize that rehearsing in Nick’s basement was her life’s great purpose. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The rhythm of the drum was a signal for the members of the Mouse Council. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The back of my neck felt pinched, and my heart smote like a drum. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z While the drummers drummed and the dancers danced, hotel guests frolicked with their children in the water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s three fifty-five gallon drums in the bed. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z By the time the dawn drums beat out, the courtyard is full. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Yup, I can see that. You rig those steel drums by yourself?” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It is the impetus of that shattering phalanx of iron—spread across the battlefront, inescapable, pulverizing, louder than drums, beating the earth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The drumming had stopped, and my old anger and resentment had returned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Feel how the Greater Being comes! Rejoice and, in rejoicings, die! Melt in the music of the drums! For I am you and you are I. ” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of that, I got to play the drum set for an hour and forty minutes straight. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Kvothe tossed two pieces of firewood into the wheelbarrow where they struck the bottom like a muted drum. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had invited me to probably ten of his gigs to watch him play and had once let me sit in on drums at a big band concert for a thousand people. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z His heart was thumping like a drum, but his face, from long habit, was probably expressionless. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She had a show of unconcernedness, but her fingers twitched and drummed and she licked her lips with her scarlet tongue. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Behind the drum marched Brazen Beasts four abreast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And he stood in the pretty little cemetery where you can hear the waves drumming always. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Tuti tapped her foot so loudly, it sounded like conga drums. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The conga drum player was especially wild, playing insane fill-ins all over the place. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Arjun, my eldest son, was sitting next to the man, cautiously tapping the drum with three fingers as he had been shown. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When a scouting party spotted a herd, Ne-kah-e-se-y and the other hunters raced on their horses across the plains, the hooves pounding the earth like drums, the manes whipping the riders’ sweating, gleaming faces. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z For a long moment, I felt myself wallowing in that dreaded silence that always followed a question of his that a student couldn’t answer, and I waited for the drumming of his fingers to begin. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The drums pounded and the pipe music was shrill, and everywhere the flow of the crowd was broken by patches of dancers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z From far away down the corridor came the beating of drums. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Distantly, I hear the thud of drums from Blackcliff, the Mask training school. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Only some of the few working-class people in the alley still seemed excited when they heard the drums and gongs. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the door, the music called them, lute and pipes and drum. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Each one of us code talkers grabbed a drum and we went dancing down the road, beating on those drums, yelling and singing in Navajo. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Ekon’s heart thundered in his chest like a war drum as he watched the monster turn its head slowly to the right. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His eyes darted off screen, then back to the camera as he drummed his fingers on the desk, his face expressionless. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Nazario went over to the drum and circled his finger over the skin. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z As a teenager, Caroline became the drum majorette for the school’s marching band, went parking down by the Canoe Club with the boy who would become her husband a few years later. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Later, we would bring along a second drum, which we would use to make a kind of Robben Island seafood stew. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably the coolest part was my drum lesson with Mr. Stoll on Saturday afternoon. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Musicians strum ouds and lyres, guided by the jubilant beat of drums. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z With her hem, she wiped away the wood filings, then made slightly wider cuts, curving away layers of casing to deepen the drum’s sound. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Anyway, I went to other classes, played some drums, and walked out to the bus. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Her heart was drumming and her hands were cold. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She drums her fingernails against each of the seat backs as she walks down the aisle. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z In the service bay he dragged out the steel trash drum and tipped it over and pawed out all the quart plastic oil bottles. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Cotton, on drums, pounded out a driving, steady beat, and Kaira ripped into the next song. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived--no thin five-piece affair but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z For the next two years or so Mompesson’s house was haunted by a poltergeist.2 There were drumming noises but also strange levitations of objects and alarming noises. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Built-in speakers, too, plus buttons I could push for rhythms like jazz beats and military and drums. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z On that day he had stood beside the rail, listening to the stroke of the oars and the pounding of the master's drum while he watched Pyke dwindle in the distance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z MoMo played the finger drum set he kept on his desk beside a bust of himself and one of General Good Times. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When they had gone—a triumphant Selvam in the van—and the place was quiet, I did indeed hear the drums, muffled and distant, insistently calling. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the open window he could hear a fife and drum, and a man shouting. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The students came out with their saxophones, trumpets, and drums, played “My Favorite Things” or “Someday My Prince Will Come.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And he had begun drumming his fingers again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I told myself to stay calm, but my heart thrummed like a drum machine. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z On towers all around the courtyard, bands of musicians played a vast, slow tune on quacking horns, blaring trumpets, and thundering drums, while below, the spiral moved to their beat. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Such a note may be a pitchless sound, like a drum beat or a hand clap, or it may be an entire chord rather than a single note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The helm was an enormous thing like an oil drum, padded inside with two thicknesses of leather and three inthes of straw. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t have been surprised if it had died of boredom itself — no company except stupid people drumming their fingers on the glass trying to disturb it all day long. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was swollen with death, and it resounded with the boom of drums. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It hung from a broken chain and the wind knocked it against the post with a muffled sound that made it echo like a funeral drum. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He sits on a folding chair with the huge bembé drum between his legs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Hold up, though. Didn’t you tell me you wanted to play guitar in this ‘band,’ but Hailey said you should play drums?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Right hand, left hand, right hand, left hand, the ball drummed against the cement as Ben waited for his father to move out against him and Bull held back, fearing the drive to the basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear the drums pounding more loudly, speaking quite clearly to me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Yes...the...Dol...drums,” yawned another voice, but still he saw no one. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Then came a ceremonial drum carried on a pole between two men. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then from over North Boston way came the brisk rattle of drums. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The thin drum of rain on the metal roof and the slow darkness falling over everything. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She was hiding behind a bass drum in the percussion section. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We’re supposed to clear out of the music room by five, so I take apart the kit and carry it into the storage closet, drum by drum. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z All day the boy played the drum, keeping the strange animal dancing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z One morning, immediately after we had passed a deserted village, we started hearing something like the roar of big engines, the rolling of metal drums on a tar road, a thunder exploding, roll after roll. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When the fiddles warbled and the drums thumped, he grabbed Nan and paraded her around the dance stages until she was breathless with laughter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Twig was uncomfortable—feet tapping against the side of my bed, fingers drumming along my comforter, her whole body full to the brim with nervous energy. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z How queer the instruments looked in the gallery, the little stands for the music, the big drum. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The drumming of his hooves was like a counterpoint to the slow song of the wind, endlessly burning past my ears. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I hear trumpets and drums and a man's voice singing. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They pull out a drum set, so I guess it’s some kind of band. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The crowd hollered for blood, their voices and the stamping of their feet filling the room with a horrible drumming. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She stands and drums her fingers on her thigh and then walks away. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “On weekends, we went on overnight hikes, slept in tents, fought mock battles, and marched to the beat of the parade-corps drums,” he said. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Heavy raindrops begin to pound on my head like drums, and when I look up, Bad Leg is gone. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They repeated the stories about good times in Oakland and San Diego; they repeated them like long medicine chants, the beer bottles pounding on the counter tops like drums. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes, and the pounding ache drummed deeper. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Or how about the two brothers who get on with bongo drums to provide some theme music for the ride. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This drumming could not outstrip that of the heavens, which opened up upon us with tattoo of rain so furious that it seemed to bring on night. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The drumming that had been lingering in the back of my head all day began to grow louder. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Especially for a kid who hasn’t paid for a drum lesson in over a month. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He presses a key, and I hear a mix of keyboard and drums that’s simple but catchy. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Molly looked pleased and passed the glasses to Jose as Hughie Smith joined them on his way to his drumming lessons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z With armies, big ones, and cannons and flags and drums and dress parades! The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The building where Dray’s having his party is like a giant Petwo drum that pulses with a heavy rhythm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Their bodies swayed, their hands clapped, their feet stomped in a glorious frenzy, all to the rhythm of the drums. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing Jesus really would've liked would be the guy that plays the kettle drums in the orchestra. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z In my day it was fresh, spun from a drum onto a paper cone. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was a very old building, the kind with bathwater that still had to be stored in drums, windows without glass, and privy scaffolds made of bricks. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I’m certain she’ll fall in love with the drums and harmonium, the chorus and the clapping, and the way it sounds like nothing else out there. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z As he sat at the counter of the diner waiting for Petey, nervously drumming his fingers, the black mare huge and agitated at her tether outside, Finn wondered what the hell he’d been thinking. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z For several moments we stood there not saying anything, the rain drumming on the aluminum roof. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I was also practicing for my upcoming conga drum stardom. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the sound of the drums I understood a vast pervading doom; but in the expectant silences between, my own disaster loomed larger, more consequent and more hurtful. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z On this particular day, Mr. W. got called to the office for something, so I had about fifteen minutes to just play drums, with nobody else around. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She would use the money from the publication of her expose to buy that drum kit herself. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Miss Love’s fingers went to drumming on the counter. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He was one of those men who might have marched down Fifth Avenue—cold and silent and dignified—into the space the drums made. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At noon, the bell would clang for lunch and another metal drum of food would be wheeled into the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Whitecaps roiled among the capsized boats and caused them and the docks to surge and roll, and the tops of the cabins and drum reels and gunnels were loaded down with snow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And from somewhere, just like when I was beneath the Tree of Power, I heard the faintest drumming. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In the distance, where such a short time ago he had played with such power and joy, she spotted his beloved drum, crushed and in splinters in the dirt. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind her the walls of the room were flooded with green and yellow and orange fireworks sizzling and bursting to some music composed almost completely of trap?drums, tom?toms, and cymbals. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he stood again in the stern of the Islander, square-knotted his buoy bag line to his net line, and released the brake on the net drum. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They twitched like a beggar’s, he recalls — her fingertips drummed — weakly imploring, though her eyes had already closed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I put on the radio to WZZO, the rock station, and started playing drums on my legs along with the Rush song that was on. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “My phone is where I keep all my favorite drum solos. Stewart Copeland is my dude.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z When at last the sun was low in the sky, Khal Drogo clapped his hands together, and the drums and the shouting and feasting came to a sudden halt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then come drums, cymbals, the gongs of explosions, drawing a crimson lattice over the roof. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A set of drums, several guitars, a lute, a cello, and some bagpipes were set upon it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Gram and I poked our noses into an old fort, and then sat on the grass watching a group of Native Americans dance and beat drums. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Like drums, like the men singing for the corn, like magic, the words repeated and repeated themselves in his head. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the sound of the drum echoed in the great hall, startling me for a moment, who had waited for it, who knew that it would come. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She indicated a fuel drum by the wall and a box of matches. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s get in the oil drum. I look like a bear in these clothes.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I banged them on the dry grass over and over again, as if I were hitting a drum, the leaves crunching and exploding into chips and tiny shards. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The sounds of drums and horns swirled up into the night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She stopped drumming her fingers and tilted her head a little. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There were blasts from an invisible horn and the rattle of drums. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “No,” Kaz said, fingers drumming on the crow’s head of his cane. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And the trains coming in and out of the station were in a rhythm, like music or drumming. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Almost there, he reminded himself as his fingers drummed at his side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He was shy in high school, but then he started playing drums and freshman year of college joined a punk band, and boom, girlfriends. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There she crouched among the oil drums and looked out on the sea. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jello’s windy voice barked out and, like the beat of drums, the five pups whooped and yipped. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she pulled herself up like a drum major about to march at the head of her words. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The thin roof resonated under the rain: it was like being inside a great drum, which might give way any moment under the crazy assault of the drummer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A few long notes and silence, the thunderous silence of the drums; then shrill, in a neighing treble, the women’s answer. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m almost never tempted to discuss my rank with people. Especially with little boys who don’t even look at me when I talk to them. I’d be drummed out of the bloomin’ service.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z There was a scratch at the door, a gentle drumming. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I followed the boy down an aisle between endless cans, buckets and drums labeled with the company's trademark, a screaming eagle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After the word store, Mr. Goosby took it on himself to hit the big drum—and kept hitting it every time Grandpa finished a sentence. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I concentrated very carefully on the music, trying to understand the lyrics, to unravel the complicated drum patterns. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Robin was sitting on a crate, drumming the heels of her high-buttoned shoes against its side. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Another kept time on a small drum made from an animal skin stretched across a hollowed gourd. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I could hear the drumming of his heavy body against the ground. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He was sort of the hero of the teen-age music world ever since he got drunk one night at a party last summer and played the drums in the middle of Victory Boulevard. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel and his eyes fell on a huddle of these weirdos standing quite close by. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Curtain drummed his fingers on the journal in his lap, regarding Sticky with those unseen eyes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The drum was as tremulous as a maiden’s heart, the pipes high and sweet and beckoning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We waited, but Leah just drummed her fingers on the table and acted like that was the end of that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly he began to play this drum, which made the strange animal stop looking for people to eat and begin to dance. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Out on the front porch, something was barking and whining and thumping like a drum against the front door. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Then the man of the house played the accordion, fireworks were set off, and drums celebrated the event throughout the town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Outside his window he heard the sounds of hoofs drumming against the pavement. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And when I come down from upstairs, they always call me to dance to the drums. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, the boy again began to play the drum and the strange animal began to dance more quickly. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Boots scowled at everybody and drummed her feet on the ground. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t play—he was a drum major—but the band is just as important as the football team at HBCUs. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Fifty feet of rope, a ten-foot plank, and some big steel barrels, what sometimes they call drums. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Classical Indian musical aesthetics require only three major components in an ensemble: a drone, a solo instrumentalist or vocalist, and a drum. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The wind’s pummeling me, the salty spray nicking my hot face, the ocean below drumming as ferociously in my head as out of it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The rain drummed on the roof, heavy; thunder shook the skies above them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z For some reason it made me think about that drum circle we did at Venice beach. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And he never stopped hearing those British battle drums, that ghostly RAT, tat, tat, tat, tat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a drum Mamita brought back from a trip to New York; a magnificent drum, its sides bright red, crisscrossed by gold wire held down by gold button heads, its top and bottom white. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I took to wearing the strap across my chest, the drum riding my hips like a desperado's revolver. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Rainfall, drumming down day in and day out, pounds the top few inches of earth into slurry from which nutrients are easily leached and which itself easily washes away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then he heard it again: a sound like faint drums in the wooded hills and mountain-steps. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I think of the drum kit I don’t have. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Liam turned back to the road, his fingers drumming on the steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z With my head still like the bottom of a beaten conga drum, I stand up. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The oil drum she had seen when the skua flew over marked the beginning of civilization and the end of the wilderness. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They play, and the music drums through the church, and an atmosphere I’ve never felt before spills through the entire crowd. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I tried them all, but the sound was not the same, and the joy went out of drumming. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The Odd Fellows’ drum and but the corps followed. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I could hook up some African drum music to go with her poetry for the assembly Teach told us about. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hector Santos kept the beat tight on percussion with two buckets, a brass hi-hat, and a snare drum. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z There are two men beside him, one playing drums and the other one blowing a horn. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He had no need to look at his hands to produce the drum sounds that lived within him. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought to myself, I like the uniform and I like playing the snare drum. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As things turned out, it was a good thing rrty mom had watched that particular drum lesson, because it would be the last one we’d be able to afford for a long while. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to manipulate the guitar, harmonica, drums, and cymbals all at once. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The beating of the drum let them know that an important decision would have to be made, one that affected the safety and well-being of the entire mouse community Boom. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Turner drummed his fingers on the polished surface of his desk and studied my calculations, slowly turning the pages. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the pier remains busy with people; behind me, the drumming of numerous footsteps upon these boards continues without interruption. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The ice thundered and boomed, roaring like drum beats across the Arctic. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like standing on the skin of a drum whilst some great hands beat it without rhythm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We carried various containers with us—my mother a small drum; Florah, George and I, small plastic containers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately below this manifesto squats the stove, fabricated from a rusty oil drum. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z While she slumped on a bench near the barbecue drum, I stepped through the screen door into the mingled smells of pick- led eggs and sawdust, beneath dozens of sugar-cured hams dangling from the ceiling. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Great,” the girl said, holding up her drum. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z James turned a corner by the bucket man, who was still beating his makeshift drums in a frenzy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Karl was drummed out of the Hitler Youth for insubordination, and a dismissal letter was placed in his file. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Then I slowly pulled it up as if there was a drum roll in the air. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughed so hard he put down his drum and opened his eyes. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The thralls were pouring ale, and there was music, fiddles and skins and drums. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The old men all raised their instruments at once, and the room filled with a shock of horns over the gentle footsteps of conga drums. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It’s not their bodies inching closer that make me nervous, it’s their words that sound just like the heavy bass music—hard and fast like too-loud conga drums. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z |
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