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drum roll

NOUN
  1. the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

How To Use drum roll In A Sentence

  • A band drummer stood behind the veteran reading, to give a drum roll after each name was called out.
  • The drum roll lasted longer on this one and the suspense was maddening.
  • Halfway through the set, McCracken's antics reached a zenith when he performed a drum roll-accompanied backflip ‘just for Toronto.’
  • But Williamson, who admits to feeling like a gladiator walking into the ancient stadium to the accompaniment of a drum roll, is determined to do better than her ninth place four years ago and has her sights trained on a medal.
  • He takes a live clip of a drum roll and chops it into a stiff, electro-funk cadence.
  • Suddenly I heard a drum roll come from right near me, out of the speakers I had erected that afternoon.
  • The FBI is gathering intelligence from (drum roll, please) the Internet.
  • After the waltz-like opening the track does a quick U-turn into a castanet flavored jig before doing a quick hop on a drum roll that opens the door for a trumpet solo that runs the song out.
  • The tone is set right from the outset, as we hear a martial-sounding drum roll over the credits.
  • Every housewife's dream is - drum roll, please - self-cleaning windows.
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