How to Use drum up in a Sentence

drum up

verb
  • This play doesn’t drum up hatred.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Can Cruz and Cantwell drum up enough support for this to pass?
    — Trey Wallace, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • Hughes has drummed up a blonde exmachina to save the day.
    — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The goal is to drum up that awareness, growing the fan base further.
    — Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
  • From the get-go, that was an effort on our part to drum up interest.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
  • These conditions can drum up gale-force winds that in turn create large waves.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
  • This seems like something drummed up by producers.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Randy Newman’s score even drums up a rousing Viking chant.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Two men wrestled three large timpani drums up the steps to the space before the altar.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The reveal has drummed up a fair amount of cultural discourse.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The commodities unit leveraged that to drum up more business.
    — Sridhar Natarajan, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • These conditions can drum up gale-force winds that in turn create large waves, Hill said.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Some are using it to drum up sales pitches; others are using it for research.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 2 May 2024
  • Playing on emotions is a tactic used by campaigns to drum up support.
    — Sharon Epperson,stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 24 July 2024
  • Struggling to drum up the enthusiasm for your fifth video meeting of the day?
    — Barry Collins, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Some cake mix companies even used dump cake recipes in their advertising to help drum up sales.
    — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And if brands want to drum up some hype, perhaps stoking the outrage machine could be just the ticket.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2023
  • As Christ noted in his write-up, jazz did not drum up funds the way other radio formats did.
    — René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Jan. 2026
  • It was doled out at a few theaters to drum up excitement or given as a crew memento.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Outside dental offices, workers, in white coats, try to drum up business.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025
  • At the same time, Thelma struggled to drum up much in the way of adoption interest.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Pub owners offered them to paying customers to drum up business and keep drinkers drinking.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The SpaceX deal could drum up more public debuts from the industry.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • Since then, Stewart has been pounding the pavement to drum up financing for the project.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The film has also drummed up unprecedented business at the box office.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2025
  • While not required, developers bring projects before the body to drum up support.
    — Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But yeah, Katy Perry, the dress didn’t drum up anything for the new record but confusion.
    — Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 26 June 2024
  • The 68s organized rallies and drummed up support for the team during lean years.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The hope is that leaking this footage, as well as other assets in the coming weeks, will drum up the buzz needed to get the movie made.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But the bulk of the money went toward the state's five largest cities, which Republicans said drummed up turnout.
    — Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024

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