DRUMMER in a Sentence

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12 example sentences for DRUMMER, such as:

1. The drummer beat the soldiers to arms.
2. The drummer beat out a steady rhythm while we marched.
3. This was the French drummer boy captured that morning.
4. Opposite the passage de l'Ancre a drummer received a blow from a dagger.
5. He looked round at the captive drummer boy and felt a pang in his heart.

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 Meanings and Examples of DRUMMER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
drummer
 n.  someone who plays a drum
Classic Sentence:
1  The officer in the scarf dismounted, called up a drummer, and went with him into the arcade.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXI
2  This was the French drummer boy captured that morning.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER IV
3  He looked round at the captive drummer boy and felt a pang in his heart.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VI
4  And running over the events of the day he remembered the French drummer boy.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VII
5  The sound of bare feet splashing through the mud was heard in the darkness, and the drummer boy came to the door.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VII
6  There were many things Petya wanted to say to the drummer boy, but did not dare to.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VII
7  But he fingered the money in his pocket and wondered whether it would seem ridiculous to give some to the drummer boy.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VII
8  Opposite the passage de l'Ancre a drummer received a blow from a dagger.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS
9  First came a dozen drummers, who understood pretty well how to handle their instruments; then came halberdiers, and some armed with cross-bows.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
10  On the square in front of the Bazaar were drummers beating the muster call.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXI
Example Sentence:
1  The drummer beat out a steady rhythm while we marched.
2  The drummer beat the soldiers to arms.